Global Intellectual Property Newsletter – 17th Issue - Blockchain, AI and other IP topics
15 March 2018
Welcome to the 17th Edition of the Clifford Chance Global IP Newsletter. In this first issue of 2018, we will pick up where we left off last December and update you on recent trends and developments in IP law.
The focus of this edition will then turn to blockchain, smart contracts and the Internet-of-Things, in particular with regard to questions of protection and application in the field of IP, a topic increasingly gaining attention throughout all industries.• Paris: French Supreme Court rules on patentability and validity of dosage regime claims
- Paris: French Supreme Court rules on patentability and validity of dosage regime claims
- Paris: French Supreme Court rules on trade mark infringement with respect to 7goods intended for export only
- Hong Kong: Driving success: Well-known trade mark status in China
- Hong Kong: China’s new Anti-Unfair Competition Law
- London: Update on TV Format Protection
- Düsseldorf: Blockchain and its application in the field of IP: Smart Contracts and IPR management
- Düsseldorf: Securing IP rights in Blockchain-Technology from a German law perspective
- Prague: Blockchain technology and the GDPR
- Milan: Trade Secret’s protection and big data: an Italian view
- London: Copyright in AI-Generated Work
- Düsseldorf: Update on the UPC and the Unitary Patent: UK in a position to ratify the 32 UPC Agreement, Germany blocked by constitutional complaint
- Barcelona: The CJEU Sheds Light on the Interpretation of the “Repair Clause” 36 Established by Article 110(1) of EU Regulation 6/2002 of 12 December 2001, on Community Designs