Selling products in the EU? What you need to know

The UK is now classed as a ‘third country’ from the EU’s perspective. This means that UK product manufacturers and importers are no longer considered to be ‘economic operators’ established in the EU. As a result, any distributors operating in the EU must now take on specific obligations for the purposes of product legislation. Should […]

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Mercury rising : hi-vis equestrian trade mark subject of infringement case

Back in October last year Equisafety Ltd v Battle, Hayward and Bower, Ltd considered a number of issues surrounding claims of trade mark infringement, passing off and the defendant’s attempt to invalidate the claimant’s trade mark. The trademark in question was ‘Mercury’ and the goods this mark was applied to were high-visibility equestrian wear such […]

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Master Data is only one facet of Data Governance

All successful data governance and data management programs including those that only consider Master Data Management as a first step, have to be implemented by people. These could be stakeholders from the business, members of IT, a specialized group of people that form a data management organization (DMO) or they could be external consultants or service providers.

A well-implemented and maintained MDM practice avoids duplicates, redundancy, and inconsistencies.