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Guide to homeworking cybersecurity

Posted on 25th March 2021 in Intellectual Property, Coronavirus Pandemic

Having staff working remotely has presented significant challenges for many businesses, but one of the most difficult to address is the increased cybersecurity risk.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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What is copyright infringement?

Posted on 25th March 2021 in Intellectual Property

The case has raised eyebrows amongst lawyers used to ‘taking inspiration’ from other lawyers’ work. After all, the efficient practice of law is made possible by using precedent documents adapted over and over to suit successive clients’ instructions.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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Personal data transfers between UK and EU

Posted on 11th March 2021 in Intellectual Property

The European Commission (EC) has published draft adequacy decisions for personal data transfers from the EU into the UK. This will begin the process of allowing data transfer between the EU and UK to continue.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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Intellectual property and retained EU law

Posted on 04th February 2021 in Intellectual Property

One of the biggest and most controversial changes to the law of intellectual property disputes concerns the power of UK courts to depart from EU case law.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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Protecting digital assets and personal information

Posted on 18th December 2020 in Intellectual Property, Later Life Planning

The value of our online lives is becoming immeasurable, yet not many people are recording or protecting their digital assets just like their physical ones.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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Are emails to customers about coronavirus a marketing communication?

Posted on 08th April 2020 in Intellectual Property, Coronavirus Pandemic

Businesses justifiably want to let people know that they are still open. However, an email to their entire database should be viewed with caution because it risks breaking the law on email marketing.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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GDPR after Brexit

Posted on 27th February 2020 in Intellectual Property

Post Brexit and during the transition period of the withdrawal agreement the GDPR will continue to apply in the UK.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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Guide to negotiating software as a service contracts

Posted on 21st February 2020 in Intellectual Property

There are a number of important considerations for the customer buying access to the software when entering into a SaaS agreement.

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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Cloud computing and GDPR requirements

Posted on 18th February 2020 in Intellectual Property

Using cloud computing for services such as HR, backup and customer relationship management (CRM) is becoming increasingly common but before selecting a provider it is vital to ensure the service complies with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR).

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Jill Headford

Partner and Solicitor

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How to challenge a registered trade mark

Posted on 27th January 2020 in Intellectual Property

Trade mark registrations are not immune to challenge. Missing the opportunity to oppose an application for a trade mark before it is registered does not mean it is too late to take action because even after registration it can still be possible to cancel or have a registered trade mark declared invalid.

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