In a last minute effort to avoid a government shutdown, on December 21, 2020 Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
Late-night law may have big impact on IP owners
Stuff of folklore: the sale of Taylor Swift’s masters
Scooter Braun and Ithaca Holding’s recent acquisition of the record label Big Machine Records and, most importantly, the master recordings of Taylor Swift’s first 6 albums is no love story. Indeed, Scooter Braun’s subsequent USD $300 million sale of these
Brexit: The impact on trade marks and designs
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and is currently in the Brexit Transition Period. This will end at 11pm on 31 December 2020 – defined in legislation as “IP Completion Day”.
The expiry of the Transition Period