In-House Insights

Have the copyright tables turned? Contextualising the issues in Mio/Konektra

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has provided important clarification on copyright protection for works of applied art in the EU in the joined cases of Mio and Konektra.

The Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025: Digital asset ownership

On 2 December 2025, the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 received Royal Assent and came into force, marking a significant development in modernising the legal framework for digital assets. For the first time, digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are explicitly recognised in statute as capable of being personal property.

When payment obligations meet sanctions regimes: Beneathco v RJ O'Brien Ltd

In Beneathco v RJ O’Brien Ltd [2025] EWHC 3079 (Comm) the English Commercial Court held that an FCA-regulated broker was not obliged to transfer US$16.5 million held in its client account to a petroleum trader designated under US Iran sanctions, as doing so would breach US sanctions law.

DRYROBE v D-Robe: Avoiding genericism in a brand name

Competitors began to enter the UK market in around 2018, and there are now said to be around 200 competitors selling changing robes in the UK. One of these was the defendant, which, in 2022, began selling changing robes under the word and figurative sign "D-ROBE", along with other variations.

Why three fashion retailers' "sustainable" ads, caught by AI-powered monitoring, breached the CAP Code