INTA is the worlds largest trade mark organisation. Approximately 10,000 individuals from law firms and trade mark owners around the globe attend its annual meeting. Every few weeks INTA chooses to publish a profile of just two of the many thousands of individuals who participate in the association’s…
On Friday 27 September 2012 Waterfront (@uklaw) co-hosted a twitter debate with @TBukher of Handal & Morofsky LLP in New York. The focus of the debate was ACTA in the EU and US. The Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty (ACTA) is an international treaty to which both the EU and US…
This is Part 2 of our discussion on ACTA, the first of which can be found here, ahead of our twitter debate on 28 September 2012 from 4.30pm GMT/ 11.30am EST. 3. Wilful trade mark counterfeiting or copyright or related rights piracy on a commercial scale to be punishable as a criminal offence…
There have been protests in the streets of Europe, a resignation of a European Union Rapporteur and petitions by the public all over the world in an attempt to stop the progress of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)… but what is all the fuss about? Over the course of…
It’s been a bit serious in the blog recently, so in an effort to lighten the tone a little, we thought we’d put together a list of the 5 most unusual pieces of legislation ever introduced over the years (or, to be more accurate, centuries). Some, remarkably, are…
The Olympic Flame passed the offices of Waterfront only yesterday… Tonight, Londoners and the rest of the World celebrate the opening of the Olympic Games with the official opening ceremony…the excitement is rising, just as much as the temperature this week! However, some people are now realising that the Olympics are not as…