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A review of the UK’s intellectual property framework has urged that IP laws should be changed to promote economic growth and adapt to internet-based businesses.
Some key suggestions include:
In reality, many of the ‘exceptions’ proposed simply reflect what the public expects in the internet age, by removing the confusion caused by rights which it is impossible or impractical to enforce. However, rights holders will be pleased to note that calls for a broader ‘fair use’ defence were rejected.
As has been widely reported this week, some 3,000 UK workers are taking part in a six month trial to assess the viability of a four-day working week without any reduction in their normal pay.
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In Nissan v Passi, the High Court recently considered the issue of an employee retaining confidential documents belonging to his former employer in the context of the employer’s application for an injunction seeking the return of such documents from the employee.
The UK government is considering extending this power to depart from retained EU case law to additional lower courts and tribunals, namely the Court of Appeal in England and Wales and the High Court of Justice in England and Wales and their equivalents.
Lord Justice Arnold has applied the guidance of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to the evidence before him, in the long standing trade mark dispute between Sky and Skykick.
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