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Jane Lambert As I noted in The Trade Secrets Directive 7 July 2016 NIPC Law, Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure has to be transposed into national law by 9 June 2018. The Intellectual Property Office has published draft regulations that appear in Annex A of a consultation document on draft regulations concerning draft secrets.  These regulations are likely ti be called "The Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018." A news story dated 19 Feb 2018 explains that the government is canvassing views on those draft regulations and has posed the following questions: "Q1. Do you agree that regulations 2 and 3 implement effectively the definitions in the Directive? Q2. What are your views on the rules set out in regulations 4 – 9? Q3. Do you agree t...

What can be salvaged from the upc agreement from Jane Lambert

Jane Lambert Weather permitting, I shall give a talk to Queen Mary University of London Centre for Commercial Law Studies at 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields entitled What if anything can be salvaged from the UPC Agreement?  in their Implications of Brexit on Intellectual Property Law which is due to take place between 18:00 and 20:00 tonight. I say "weather permitting" because I woke this morning to a thick covering of snow which I am about to attempt to clear from my drive and my neighbours are already working to clear from our lane.  I mentioned this seminar in Implications of Brexit on IP Law   19 Jan 2018 and my views on the topic in  What if anything can be salvaged from the UPC Agreement?     26 Jan 2018 NIPC Law. My choice of topic is particularly apposite today because Alan Johnson, a partner of Bristows, reported on Friday that almost all the steps had been taken to enable the British government to deposit an instrument of ratification (see...