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Toby Bond
is an Associate in the Intellectual Property group of the London office of Bird & Bird LLP. Since joining us in 2010, Toby has been involved in a wide range of contentious intellectual property matters. With his physical sciences background, Toby is often involved in disputes involving complex technologies and his recent experience includes matters involving electromagnetic methods for geophysical prospecting, GSM, UMTS and LTE cellular standards, USB functionality, flash memory devices, algorithmic trading systems, and digital set top boxes.
Toby has also litigated trade mark and passing off claims before the High Court and Court of Appeal and his broader practice includes advising clients on product compliance and labeling issues in a variety of sectors.
For more information or to speak to Mr. Bond, please visit his firm webpage.
Recent Articles by Toby Bond
With the June 9 deadline for national implementation fast approaching, we surveyed colleagues in our other European offices to check the state of play in their jurisdiction. The picture which emerged was mixed. Much progress has been made towards national implementation of the Directive in the UK, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Hungary. Implementation in these jurisdictions is expected on or around the June 9 deadline. Work is also underway in Poland and Finland, but it’s possible that implementation could slip a few months past the deadline. Slightly further behind are Spain, Belgium, and the Czech Republic. Germany is currently lagging behind as the recent political deadlock surrounding the formation of the new government has delayed the legislative agenda, although a draft bill has been promised for the first half of 2018.
It’s safe to say that most sectors will undergo significant disruption as a result of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. AI will not only disrupt our business models but it will also disrupt our legal framework for the creation and exploitation of intellectual property (IP) rights, giving rise to new IP challenges for those seeking to develop and deploy new AI systems.
