Boris Johnson and Ursula van der Leyen announced this afternoon that the UK and the EU have reached agreement on the text of a trade...

The co-chairs of the EU-UK Joint Committee stated that, following their meeting on 8 December 2020, agreement in principle had been...

Looking at the CJEU decision in Luxembourg v B in the context of the UK's proposed new Financial Institution Notice (which would allow...

A number of equivalence decisions in respect of EEA member states have been laid in Parliament this week. The full list and further...

Irrespective of COVID, the Brexit clock continues to tick down to 31 December 2020, the day the implementation period ends. On IP...

Brexit and the US-China trade war are generating significant new developments in the historically quite slow-moving area of export...

The EU Copyright Directive had appeared to be casualty of Brexit, but might now get a second wind.  As Mayor of London, Boris Johnson was...

The UK Government’s recent Brexit notice update regarding digital services, published on 16th October, reminds organisations that from 1...

The transition period ends in less than three months on 31 December 2020 and negotiations between the UK and the EU on their future...

In September, UK Trade Secretary Liz Truss confirmed an agreement with Toshimitsu Motegi, the Japanese Foreign Minister, in the UK’s...

No new rules before the end of the Brexit transition period The UK Government has confirmed that there will be no new UK rules on...

This Saturday, 12 September, the Singapore Mediation Convention (also known as the United Nations Convention on International Settlement...

What are the comparators for trade agreements between close geographic partners?  This briefing takes stock of the current state of...

Exhaustion of IP rights has always been a controversial topic, and Brexit has kept the issue on centre stage. The issue? Price...

In Bulmer v Bollinger [1974] Lord Denning famously observed that "[EU law] is like an incoming tide. It flows into the estuaries and up...

Customs detention of articles suspected of infringing intellectual property rights (IPRs) can be an incredibly useful tool for IPR owners...