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HANSARDIntellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Could the Minister confirm that nobody at any level of the Government has any clue about the full cost of clearing with all those EU countries, which will now be necessary for…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDesigns and International Trademarks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, as with the last SI, the noble Baroness has put her finger on a large number of issues. Although this SI does not compete with the 600-page one that is still to come, I…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDesigns and International Trademarks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I understand that there is provision for reregistration—as the Minister describes it—for European designs that are in the pipeline.04 Mar 2019HANSARDDesigns and International Trademarks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the Minister. It is of course a very important aspect for the fashion industry.04 Mar 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the Minister. That is precisely the detriment that I was talking about—that they will need to seek permission if they are going to export in…06 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial Media: Online AnonymityMy Lords, the Law Commission, in its scoping report last November into abusive and online communications, said that one of the key barriers to the pursuit of online defenders was,…06 Feb 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, whatever the merits of these SIs, I am pleased that we are now debating them on the Floor of the House. I referred in Committee to what my noble friend Lord Tyler said…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Warner, has expressed the impact on the life sciences industry extremely effectively and eloquently, and I do not wish to repeat anything of what he…06 Feb 2019HANSARDPatents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, how can it be a unified patent unless there is unified set of jurisprudence to cover it?06 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Fox has introduced his amendment extremely eloquently and convincingly. In supporting it, I highlight the fact that without the right deal on…04 Feb 2019HANSARDChildren and Young People: Digital TechnologyMy Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for initiating this important and extremely well-informed debate. She did it in such a thoughtful way, especially in…17 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I accept the Minister’s offer, because that was quite a confusing response. Precisely because a no deal is envisaged, there is the question of whether CJEU case law will…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, one could easily quarrel with that statement. The regime set up by the SI is, as described by me, the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, an…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, although the Minister has characterised these regulations as simply putting in place the status quo, he will recognise that business will not consider this the status…14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am deeply grateful to the Minister. I did not really think that his answer on the jurisdiction point was completely comprehensible. I hope he is going to include it in the…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords—14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, without putting too fine a point on it, I am arguing that in a no-deal situation it needs to be clear that the international exhaustion regime does not apply. That is…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I have one final intervention on this point. The noble Lord can take us no further—he is effectively requiring us to make a leap of faith on this SI.14 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I cannot answer that question. I think that these have been drawn up in an attempt to be constructive. I do not think the initial thought was that these were going to create…14 Jan 2019HANSARDIntellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018The Minister may say that, but he has to answer the question about why the international exhaustion regime is not ruled out in the current SI, a point that both the noble Lord,…14 Jan 2019