UK amends international trade mark rules to allow partial replacement & more…Keep up with what has been happening this week in our latest IP news round-up…

McDonald Hopkins Announces Expansion of Intellectual Property Department

McDonald Hopkins is proud to announce the expansion of its Intellectual Property Department with the addition of six talented attorneys.

“Abu-Ghazaleh” Wins “Top 5 Overseas Intellectual Property Law Firms” Award in China

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property was honored with the prestigious “Top 5 Overseas Intellectual Property Law Firms” award at the 2024 Strong Nation Intellectual Property Forum and the 6th Innovation and Technology Forum held in Beijing.

Stability AI says Getty has increased damages claims for copyright infringement to up to $1.7bn

Cases alleging AI companies have trained their models on intellectual property without permission are stacking up

UK amends international trade mark rules to allow partial replacement

The UK has updated its trade mark legislation to allow for partial replacement of domestic trade marks with international registrations under the Madrid System.

UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material

Exclusive: Coalition of musicians, photographers and newspapers insist existing copyright laws must be respected.