The CMS Intellectual Property team are pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar series, taking place from February to July 2023. The series will span the full scope of CMS’s IP practice, including patents, trade marks and copyright.
The full list of sessions available are outlined below. If you would like to register for one or more of the webinars in the series, please click the registration button.
21 February 2023, 09:30 - 10:30 - Protection of 3D designs as copyright works – is the
CDPA loophole of ‘artistic’ works closing?
Speakers: Kaisa Patsalides, Lucinda Richardson
In the aftermath of the CJEU’s rulings in Cofemel and Brompton, it seemed clear that copyright protection should be awarded to any “original” work regardless of aesthetic appeal or category. Despite this, the UK courts have yet to disapply this requirement under the CDPA which still limits UK copyright protection in 3-dimensional works to those which fall within a closed list of protected ‘artistic’ works. This webinar will examine the impact of the IPEC’s decisions in Response Clothing and WaterRower, and considers whether the UK courts should follow the CJEU by broadening the scope of copyright protection, by removing the “artistic craftmanship” requirement to bring English law more in line with continental Europe. In particular, we will explore the likely impact on UK businesses, especially those within creative industries, if such a shift is not made.
8 March 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 - Generative AI: Intellectual Property Considerations
Speakers: Ben Hitchens, Toby Sears, Jack Rigelsford
Generative AI is everywhere at the moment and seems to offer revolutionary opportunities to businesses and individuals alike to create content quickly and cost-effectively. But what are the IP implications, particularly concerning ownership of the output created by AI tools? Does the end user own the intellectual property in the output, or is ownership dictated by the AI tool’s terms & conditions? Can a user obtain separate IP ownership in prompts if they are sufficiently detailed and what would such protection cover? Are there specific IP issues that the owner/operator of a generative AI tool should bear in mind? How can you enforce intellectual property rights created by agenerative AI tool? To what extent does the moral rights regime impact on this new technology? This webinar will discuss the emerging technology and will attempt to answer these challenging questions concerning IP ownership and enforcement.
26 April 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 - A review of key case law in European trade mark law in
2022
Speakers: Tom Scourfield, Alicja Zalewska-Orabona
In this webinar, we will review the key decisions in 2022 from the General Court, CJEU and national courts within the EU27 and the UK, identifying key trends and practical and legal points for all European brand owners to consider in their brand strategy.
10 May 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 - Strategies for protecting innovation: trade secrets or patents?
Speakers: Caitlin Heard, Toby Sears, Mark Shillito
This webinar will consider strategies for maximising IP protection, looking at the respective pros and cons of patent protection versus relying on trade secrets, and will provide practical tips for ensuring innovation is robustly protected.
28 June 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 - Deeptech Patents
Speakers: Rachel Free, Katherine Brown, Helen Wallis and Charles Huang
During this webinar, we will discuss how to protect deeptech technologies with patents, with reference to case studies as well as case law from the European Patent Office and other offices. We will compare and contrast the situation in different jurisdictions and consider the impact of regulation and standards on intellectual property strategies. We will consider how generative AI tools may assist in the creation and protection of deeptech technologies.
18 July 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 - Enforcement of IP judgments
Speakers: Ben Hitchens, Sarah Wright, Nikolas Gregor, Tomasz Koryzma, Maria Gonzalez Gordon, Sabine Rigaud and Yasar Celebi
As the world becomes even more interconnected and digitalised and supply chains become more complex, it is increasingly rare for IP infringement to occur in isolation. Typically, an infringing good or service will be offered to consumers in multiple jurisdictions online; the seller/provider of the infringing goods/services is also likely to have a physical permanent presence in a number of territories, including a head office, branch offices and retail stores. Factor in warehousing facilities and temporary presence at trade shows and it becomes clear that causes of action may exist in a large number of jurisdictions simultaneously. Using a realistic case-study based on real-world experience and pooling the experience of CMS lawyers in the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the Netherlands, this webinar will examine the strategic and practical issues arising from multi-jurisdictional infringement, the procedure for enforcing foreign judgments and the availability and ease of securing interim relief across the UK and EU.
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