Category: Insights

Banksy shreds his art

The Banksy stunt: The copyright holder’s right to shred the artwork

I don’t think anyone has missed the extraordinary event at the Sotheby’s auction in London a couple of weeks

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Bracing ourselves for a “no Brexit deal”?

The point of no return, the date of jumping off the cliff, the end of the conveyor belt, or

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Beijing, China

China’s innovation rise – patent landscape review and outlook

For the first time in 11 years China broke into the world’s top 20 most innovative economies in the

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fintech

Creating an effective FinTech IP strategy

AWA Asia’s IP strategy and patent team in Beijing looks at the China FinTech market, discusses available IP protection

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Adoption of the copyright directive in the digital single market – Should we be scared or delighted?

On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament voted on the much debated copyright directive – and this time around

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Denmark makes the IPR taskforce set down by the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime permanent

Since November 2017, all filings for criminal investigation regarding IPR crime in Denmark have on a trial basis been

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Cargo bike

Christiania Bikes – Not a generic term for cargo bikes

New decision from the Maritime and Commercial High Court in Denmark The Copenhagen area of Christiania is well-known worldwide

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Mbappe

Rush to register French football star Mbappé’s name highlights China’s rampant trademark squatting problem

The 2018 FIFA World Cup ended with France being victorious and a new star player emerging among the winning

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Soft Brexit provides for creation of comparable UK trademarks and designs

‘Soft Brexit’ provides for creation of comparable UK trademarks and designs

Owners of existing EU trademarks (EUTM) and designs (RCD) had been left somewhat in the dark about what will

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Photo by Wells Baum

Branding goes disruptive

The speed of change has never been faster, and the safest route towards going out of business is to

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