Europe: Intellectual Property

A UK court has ruled on the validity of Novartis's supplementary protection certificate for Entresto, examining whether the SPC product should be defined as the specific co-complex formulation or the broader...

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Expanding into international markets requires more than product development and marketing strategy. Many businesses overlook critical trade mark protection, risking expensive rebranding, legal disputes, and delayed market entry when their brand names conflict with existing registrations or carry unintended meanings abroad. Understanding territorial trade mark rights and implementing proactive filing strategies can prevent these costly mistakes before they derail your global expansion plans.

For many businesses, the biggest threat to a future investment, acquisition or exit is not financial performance but whether they can clearly evidence ownership and control of the assets driving value. Increasingly, those assets are intellectual property, software, data and digital infrastructure, yet many organisations have far less clarity on ownership than leadership teams realise.

Intellectual property in the defence sector operates under a unique regulatory framework where innovation must be balanced against national security concerns. How can companies effectively protect...

Imagine an invention machine that is capable of analysing all published human scientific knowledge and then extrapolating forward. If this invention machine were then to publish its own predictions of, say, future materials, hypothetical drug compounds, or improved cell-based therapies, could this prevent future innovations from being patented?

Een tas van Hermès, en vooral de Birkin of de Kelly, is niet voor iedereen weggelegd. Naast het feit dat je er een flink bedrag aan kwijt bent, moet je ook het nodige geduld kunnen opbrengen.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on whether political expression and parody can justify the unauthorized use of a reputed trademark, examining the balance between intellectual property rights and freedom of speech. The case arose from a Belgian political party's immigration campaign that adopted IKEA's branding without permission, prompting Inter IKEA to bring infringement proceedings.

Een Birkin Bag van Hermès, de Oran-sandaal of een parfum van Maison Francis Kurkdjian. Voor vrijwel elk iconisch luxeproduct bestaat tegenwoordig een goedkoper alternatief. Op TikTok, Instagram en YouTube worden deze producten massaal gepresenteerd als ‘dupes’: betaalbare alternatieven die dezelfde uitstraling of beleving beloven als het origineel.

Two recent European court cases—Getty Images vs Stability AI and Gema vs OpenAI—have delivered contrasting rulings on generative AI and copyright infringement, with significant implications for how businesses assess legal risks when using AI models. While one court found no infringement in AI training processes, the other ruled that memorized copyrighted content in model outputs constitutes unlawful reproduction, highlighting the urgent need for Danish companies to clarify their AI roles and imp

To nye europæiske domme om generativ AI og ophavsret viser, at både træningsdata og AI-genereret output kan få afgørende betydning i kommende sager. Getty Images mod Stability AI og Gema mod OpenAI illustrerer, hvordan retsstillingen fortsat er uafklaret på tværs af jurisdiktioner. Hvad betyder disse afgørelser for danske virksomheder, der anvender eller udvikler AI-løsninger?

Between originality and individual character: protecting design objects under EU copyright and design law