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Retailers liability and AI Applications
The question of whether the user (consumer) or the provider of an AI application is liable for the infringement of intellectual property rights as a result of the use of …
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Agritech Thymes: The Bite of Implied Consent: Lessons from the Pink Lady Case
Can the supply of a plant variety without clear and defined restrictions on its use be an implicit consent to commercialise it? This case centres on the evidence required to …
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The Bite of Implied Consent: Lessons from the Pink Lady Case
A recent European Union court decision considers the issue of implied consent to commercialise a plant variety, and whether the evidence meets the threshold of “serious doubts” of the validity …
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IP Ingredients: The companies making – and patenting – alt coffee
How do you like your coffee? Frothy or flat? Milky or black? Oat-milk or soy? How about coffee which isn’t derived from coffee beans? Coffee is the second most traded …
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Agritech Thymes: A review of protection for gene edited plants
As we head into a new season, it’s a good time to revisit the current status of protection for Essentially Derived Varieties (EDVs) and plants derived from New Genomic Techniques …
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EU Customs Recordals
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IP Ingredients: Summer Case Law Review 2025
As the British summer swings once again between sunburn and showers, it’s a great time to take stock of what the first half of the year has delivered by way …
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Agritech Thymes: Agritech 2030: Forecasting the Technologies Poised to Transform Farming
Whilst yet to recover to the levels of 2011-2021, where capital invested in agritech increased 20-fold, investor funding in agritech is starting to pick up, and 2025 is set to …
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IP Ingredients: What Will The EU’s Design Reform Package Do For Food & Drink Businesses?
As reported by our colleague Joanne Meredith in her recent post (click here to read), Phase One of the EU’s “Design Reform Package” became effective on 1 May 2025, with …
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