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Picture the scene: you are an in-house IP lawyer. Someone from your organisation’s Marketing group sends you an instant message “Hey – am...
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By the Media, Entertainment & Sport group of Bird & Bird
Quinn Liang
Associate, Bird & Bird
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Films and television shows that are based on true stories are as old as the mediums themselves, and the legal questions they raise,...
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Awards season is here once again, but there’s something different about this year’s entrants. Whereas last year’s films received public...
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Introduction Case: IDDQD Limited and Royal Mail Group Limited v Codeberry Limited and Lee Paul Smith [2025] EWHC 2561 (Ch) The Postcode...
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In a recent judgment, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) refused dramatic work copyright protection to the format of a TV...
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The EPO Board of Appeal (“BoA”) recently rejected a patent application relating to pig-human chimeras, concluding that the invention was...
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On 11 December 2024, the MHRA published an updated roadmap for the future of the regulatory framework for medical devices in the UK,...
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In a significant recent judgment, the English Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has the...