Justin Goldspink

Barrister, GSC Solicitors LLP

I am the Head of Intellectual Property at GSC Solicitors LLP, a law firm in London and my main areas of work relate to copyright, trade marks and branding.

My practice covers contentious and non-contentious work.

The litigation work includes cases in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Copyright Tribunal and has ranged from numerous infringement claims to an action against the UK Government for breach of European Law.

I have extensive experience of intellectual property licensing, including multi-territory deals, and valuation. My work also addresses issues such as the qualification for, and ownership of, IP rights.

The non-contentious work also covers assistance with legislative reviews and international trade deals.

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Collecting societies

Practice notes

This Practice Note deals with collecting societies, which may also be ‘licensing bodies’ and/or ‘Collective Management Organisations’ (CMOs). It also considers Independent Management Entities (IMEs). It covers collective licensing, the legal status of a collecting society, details of the collecting societies in the UK, the benefits of membership for copyright owners, disadvantages for rights holders and users, benefits and disadvantages for licensees, legal controls on the conduct of collecting societies, regulation of collecting societies and the Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/221 also known as the Collective Rights Management Regulations or the CRM Regulations.