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1 May 2013Copyright

UK government wants to criminalise design copying

The British government is planning to criminalise the “deliberate” copying of registered EU and UK designs, according to an official document.

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29 July 2013   The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys has called for draft British IP legislation to be re-worded so that it targets only the “deliberate and sustained” copying of designs.


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