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The inventor of a type of food packaging and a flashing light cannot be granted patents because they’re an AI (artificial intelligence) machine, the Court of Appeal has held

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a ‘consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime’.

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a consultation on the Copyright (Free Public Showing or Playing) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, which removed ‘film’ from the list of exceptions to copyright infringement in section 72 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988).

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published a report into the economic and innovation impacts of trade secrets.

Mr Justice Meade has been appointed judge in charge of intellectual property.

The shape of the iconic 1950s Jaguar C-type car is protected by copyright, the Swedish High Court has held in a landmark decision for EU intellectual property law

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published updated guidance for customers and users of IP

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has issued guidance about protecting international intellectual property rights in the UK from 1 January 2021

Legislation to introduce a geographical indications (GI) scheme for food and drink once the transition period ends on 1 January 2021, has been laid in Parliament

US law firm Polsinelli has ramped up its intellectual property (IP) offering by partnering with legal services technology company UnitedLex

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

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NLJ this week: Burnout behind the billable hour

Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice

NLJ this week: Domestic abuse reforms still falling short

Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes

NLJ this week: Uber’s legal shield faces scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic

Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales

NLJ this week: Hereditary peers era finally comes to an end

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber

NLJ this week: Is it finally time to scrap Part III?

The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes

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Intellectual property

MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth