Court concludes copycats can create clone Crocs
In a ruling by the General Court of the European Union, the EU Registered Design directed to the (in)famous Crocs shoe design has been found invalid following an appeal to Gifi Diffusion’s… read more…
Brexit: Agreed Draft Guidelines for Intellectual Property
On Monday 19 March 2018, the UK government released an updated Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK and Northern Ireland from the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community The Draft… read more…
A Smorgasbord Of Strategies
On Tuesday 13th March 2018, Mathys & Squire Partner, Martin MacLean, and Managing Associate, David Hobson hosted an event at the British Embassy in Copenhagen together with the Danish UK… read more…
Talking Tomorrow’s Innovation, Today
On February 26th 2018, Mathys & Squire Partner, Dani Kramer, spoke at the 4th Annual Foreign Law Firms Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel Entitled Tomorrow’s Innovation, Today, the conference… read more…
How far will you go to protect your intellectual property?
Most firms take reasonable steps to protect their intellectual property Some go with a tastier approach Mathys & Squire Associate, Laura Clews, was interviewed by the host of BBC Radio’s The… read more…
UK joins Hague System for registered designs
On 13 March 2018 the UK deposited its instrument of ratification of the Hague Agreement for Industrial Designs, meaning the UK will shortly join the Hague system for registered designs The Hague… read more…
Guide Dogs – Our New Charity Partner in 2018
This year we are delighted to be partnering with Guide Dogs The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is a British charitable organisation founded in 1934 Guide Dogs helps blind and partially… read more…
AfD challenges to the UPC Agreement
The acts that passed through the German Parliament to enable ratification of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement are now being challenged by the opposition party, Alternative für Deutschland… read more…
Provisional IP Brexit Arrangements
The 28th February 2018 saw the EU Commission release a draft “Withdrawal Agreement” outlining the provisional arrangements for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the EU and from the European… read more…
