Trademark and design rights in the EU are changing, so it’s essential to ensure your IP rights are protected in a changed European Union, write Deborah Maxwell and Cameron Malone-Brown of Potter Clarkson LLP From 31 December 2020, registered EU trademarks (EUTM) and Community design rights (RCD) will no longer be valid in the UK. The UKIPO will create equivalent UK ‘cloned’ rights. All pending and future EUTMs and RCDs …
Hasbro, Mattel and eOne Family brands reveal their experiences of licensing IP in China and explain how they effectively protected their IP rights to CBBC‘s Iris Hu On a stroll through Beijing’s buzzing Tai Koo Li mall, you don’t have to look for long to spot familiar cartoon characters on the T-shirts in window displays, or well-known paintings printed on to the latest covetable tote bag. Of course these cartoon …