Clause 13 of the Intellectual Property Bill will probably go through. What next?
Despite the submissions of Sir Robin Jacob, leading academic lawyers, the IP Federation, the IP Bar Association and the other intellectual property professions HM government seems determined to force through criminal sanctions for registered design and registered Community design infringement. Why HMG has set and indeed held to this course in the face of almost unanimous opposition from those who know most about intellectual property is a mystery but there it is. Governments do silly things sometimes of which the Dangerous Dogs Act is but one example.
What happens next
I have done all that I can as a citizen to persuade HMG to think again by
explaining in this blog why this proposal is a very bad idea, lobbying my MP and even remonstrating with the Minister in person when we shared a platform last week.
But it is not really my battle. Criminalizing registered design infringement does not affect me personally except perhaps as a consumer in that it may feather bed designs such as the &q…
What happens next
I have done all that I can as a citizen to persuade HMG to think again by
explaining in this blog why this proposal is a very bad idea, lobbying my MP and even remonstrating with the Minister in person when we shared a platform last week.
But it is not really my battle. Criminalizing registered design infringement does not affect me personally except perhaps as a consumer in that it may feather bed designs such as the &q…