Colin Birss

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because this case (and parallel cases in other countries) has generated much publicity, it will avoid confusion to say what this case is about and not about. It is not about whether Samsung copied Apple's iPad. Infringement of a registered design does not involve any question of whether there was copying: the issue is simply whether the accused design is too close to the registered design according to the test laid down in the law. [6]

Birss is the first UK court of appeal judge to admit having used ChatGPT-generated content in a judgement. Saying he found it "Jolly useful" Source: The Law Gazette, 14 September 2023. https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitor-condemns-judges-for-staying-silent-on-woeful-reforms/5117228.article

Personal life

Birss lives with his wife and their three children at their family home in Hertfordshire. His recreations include beekeeping.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Colin Ian BIRSS personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. UK Government. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. "No. 60505". The London Gazette . 15 May 2013. p. 9621.
  3. List of Knights Bachelor, thegazette.co.uk; retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. "Appointment of new Deputy Head of Civil Justice". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. Wakefield, Jane (25 January 2011). "Net piracy gets its day in court". BBC News . Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  6. "Samsung Galaxy Tab 'does not copy Apple's iPad designs'". The Guardian. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
Lord Justice Birss
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Lord Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
8 February 2021