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It was an inspiring morning on an early December day at Maastricht’s industrial-charm Eiffel-building.
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On February 1st, the UK has left the EU. This (has had or) will inevitably have an impact on unitary IP rights at EU level. Unitary IP rights such as the Community Plant Variety Right will no longer be valid after the transition period in the UK.
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The Court of the European Union (CJEU), in case T-683/19 (European Union Court, Seventh Section,
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Is the design of a pair of jeans a matter of industrial property under design law, or should it also be considered as a ‘work of artistic creation’ under copyright?
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The protection of ‘offensive’, ‘scandalous’ and ‘immoral’ trademarks has been a subject of hot debate time and time again. To say that opinions on the matter are divided would be a great understatement.
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On the 4th of December, the Faculty of Law hosted a roundtable discussion on the upcoming EU Copyright Directive (2019/790) with viewpoints from students
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Macau, an island constituting one of the "Special Administrative Regions" of the People's Republic of China, has a unique patent system, which is notoriously advantageous for applicants. What is the benefit exactly and who benefits?
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The European Environmental Agency (EEA) has recently published its latest ‘State of the Environment’ report (SOER 2020).
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Since the establishment of the WTO, the promise was made that the world would finally have an effective system of enforcement for trade and IP law.
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The very recent ruling of the CJEU in DK (C-653/19 PPU, 28 November 2019) came to verify two quite depressing suspicions about the current status of European criminal law.