Felix Hilgert

May 21, 2024 | lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Gregoire Dumas |Benjamin Docquir | +4 more

Businesses need to be ready for prohibitions and a staggered compliance timetable that takes effect from late 2024The European Union's (EU) new cross-sector regulation covering artificial intelligence (AI) passed the final legislative hurdle on 21 May when the AI Act was approved by the Council of the EU. The AI Act text is now settled. As clarity about dates starts to emerge, which obligations do businesses need to be ready for and by when?

Dec 12, 2023 | lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Emily Barwell |John Buyers |Benjamin Docquir |Jens Schefzig |Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen | +4 more

While considerable work remains on its detail, there is political agreement on the broad shape of the legislationLate on Friday 8 December, negotiators for the European Parliament and Council of the EU reached political agreement on the shape and contents of the ground-breaking EU regulation on artificial intelligence – the AI Act – after 38 hours of discussion over three days. However, this represents the beginning of the end of the legislative process, rather than the end itself.

May 26, 2023 | thefashionlaw.com | Ruey-Sen Tsai |Felix Hilgert |Emily Barwell

Telfar is amending a pending trademark application for registration for its TC logo amid a clash with Puig-owned beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury.

May 25, 2023 | thefashionlaw.com | Ruey-Sen Tsai |Felix Hilgert |Emily Barwell

Furla was handed a recently-reported win in a trademark fight in China that provides some useful insight into how the national trademark office approaches arguments over “well-known” trademarks.

May 24, 2023 | thefashionlaw.com | Ruey-Sen Tsai |Felix Hilgert |Emily Barwell

Part of the enforcement efforts that trademark holders carry out on a routine basis comes in the form of opposition proceedings initiated with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”)’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”).