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  27.11.2023

  EU

  EU Designs Reform, One Year On: EU Parliament announce Final Form of the New EU Design Legislation

  On 7 November 2023, the EU Parliament published the final form of the updated EU Designs legislation. The new legislation, which takes form through a new Regulation and new Directive, are the Parliament’s response to the EU Commission’s proposal of 29 November 2022. If you have not read our previous Law Now which covered the initial proposals in detail, you can find it here.The new legislation is the biggest shakeup to design rights in over 20 years, and affects both Community Designs (now called EU Registered Designs under the legislation) and nationally registered designs in Member...

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  23.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Patentability of AI inventions: High Court offers a helping hand (Emotional Perception v Comptroller)

  Is a deep learning AI system which recommends similar songs to its users patentable? Or is it a computer program ‘as such’ and therefore excluded under s.1(2)(c) Patents Act 1977? The High Court has recently provided an answer (overturning the UKIPO’s original decision): such systems are patentable. In a decision which will delight AI innovators, Justice Mann held that the invention in question did not even constitute a computer program, let alone a computer program ‘as such’. Even if the invention was a computer program, Justice Mann considered that it had a technical...

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  23.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Paragraph 40(8) of the Code – the “last chance saloon” for telecoms operators?

  Background The case of On Tower UK Limited v Gravesham Borough Council involved a rooftop telecoms site on an eight-story residential building. The Respondent Council was the freeholder. The equipment had been in place since 1997 under a 1954 Act lease and had been assigned to the Claimant telecoms operator, On Tower.The Respondent needed to carry out roof repairs to fix persistent leaks, but the repairs necessitated removing the Claimant's apparatus. The parties discussed “lift and shift” of the apparatus, but negotiations stalled during the pandemic.Following the service of a...

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  23.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Autumn Statement 2023 – Key tax announcements

  The Chancellor opened his speech with a statement that, “Our plan for the British economy is working, but the work is not done”.  Consistent, perhaps, with the tone of that message, yesterday’s announcements offered few real surprises, with the headline measures – on NI changes and full expensing – already widely anticipated.A summary of the key announcements follows.Tax measures for individuals (employees & self-employed)National Insurance Contributions (NICs) ratesIn relation to NICs, the Chancellor has announced the following.The main rate of Class 1 National...

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  21.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Part 6 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill – a revised prominence regime for PSBs

  In this article we discuss Part 2 of the Media Bill (“Prominence on Television Selection Services”) and how it compares to Part 2 of the draft Media Bill published earlier this year.BackgroundWhen the draft Media Bill was first published, we summarised the changes that were proposed in respect of the revised prominence framework for public service broadcasters (“PSB”) and the impact such changes might have on “designated internet programme services” (“DIPS”) (e.g., BBC iPlayer) made available on  “regulated television selection services”...

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  21.11.2023

  Singapur

  Singapore moves to regulation of collective management organizations

  This article is produced by CMS Holborn Asia, a Formal Law Alliance between CMS Singapore and Holborn Law LLC. On 31 October 2023, the Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023 (“Regulations”) were enacted pursuant to the Copyright Act 2021 and will take effect from 1 May 2024. Aimed at regulating collective management organisations (“CMOs”), the Regulations ensure that CMOs operate with a minimum standard of transparency, accountability, efficiency and good governance under a new class licensing scheme. This scheme will be administered by...

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