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The 201 st edition of Never Too Late is here to bring you up to speed on the latest and greatest of the IPKat world! Today’s highlights include no-deal Brexit analysis, event reports, copyright in fireworks, logos and even football trophies! And for Kat’s sake – what is ‘Fiverrization’?! IPR Melting Pot The UK Government has issued a number of technical notices relating to IPR’s in a no-Brexit scenario. In UK copyright in a no-deal Brexit scenario: what will happen? , Kat Eleonora Rosati reviews Copyright if there’s no Brexit deal . GuestKat Rosie Burbidge sheds light onto the exhaustion of rights ( No deal Brexit - what does it mean for exhaustion of rights? ), patents ( No deal Brexit - what will happen to patents - particularly SPCs and the UPC? ), and registered Community designs and trade marks ( No deal Brexit - what does it mean for registered Community designs and trade marks ). GuestKat Mathilde Pavis provides her insights about a new phenomenon/business model-- ‘Fiverrizatio...

Uber changed the way the taxi industry worked; Airbnb had a similar impact on holiday lets and rentals. It is now the turn of the creative industries, often called the copyright industries, with online platforms going by names such as Quidjob , Upwork , PeopleForHour or Fiverr . And yes, ‘Fiverr’ hints at the fact that you may be able to commission and ‘buy’ creative content for… a ‘fiver’ (read -- five dollars, five pounds, five euros etc.).  But commissioning bespoke creative content is not as simple as ordering a taxi ride because it inevitably involves the transfer of intellectual property rights. As a result, these platforms have the potential to not only disrupt how creative works are made (the creative industries) but also to impact on entire fields of law (copyright and performers’ rights). The ‘Fiverrization’ of the creative industries and intellectual property rights may be around the corner. Uber/Fiverr: same concept Platforms such as Uber or AirBnB are based on the same...