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With the laws around Intellectual Property and Information Technology changing all the time, keeping pace is hard enough. But knowing the law isn’t enough. You need to know what those changes are going to mean for your clients. The big picture, the fine detail, the impact and the next steps.
Copyright
Practical information about copyright, moral rights, performers’ rights and rights in performances. Get precedent copyright assignments and licences here.
Trade marks
Practical information about trade marks, passing off, geographical indications and anti-counterfeiting. Get precedent trade mark assignments and licences here.
Patents
Practical information about patents and supplementary protection certificates. Get precedent patent assignments and licences here.
IP disputes
Get guidance on strategic and practical steps for dealing with IP disputes, including ways of trying to avoid them in the first place. Our case analysis highlights points from judgments so you can be confident at work.
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Latest IP News
This week's edition of IP weekly highlights includes a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP. These...
Law360, London: The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has denied AI company Emotional Perception’s patent application for an artificial neural...
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published a Court Forms Destination Table setting out changes to Chancery Division forms to support the...
Law360, London: Around 80 actors, performers and public figures backed the ‘Save Our Voices Now’ campaign, launched on 8 August 2026, calling for...
MLex: Thomson Reuters’ infringement claim against ROSS Intelligence is ‘no more than an ordinary copyright case’ despite its artificial intelligence...
Latest IP Practice Notes
The UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU took effect at 11 pm on 31 January 2020 (exit day). At this point, the withdrawal period under Article 50 TEU...
The public sector is one of the largest and most significant sources of information in the UK. Promoting the use and re-use of public sector...
Most information produced by central government bodies and government ministers in the UK enjoys Crown copyright status, and the majority of Crown...
This Practice Note explains the manner in which intellectual property and certain other rights, as well as data protection obligations, apply in the...
The first part of this Practice Note sets out different types of criminal offences which may be committed in relation to content posted on social...
Latest IP Precedents
This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered...
[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY DIVISION OR KING’S BENCH DIVISION]][Insert court, list or sub-list and venue as appropriate]ORTHE...
Filed on behalf of the Applicant/[Claimant OR intended Claimant][insert initials and surname of deponent]Number of affidavit: [insert the number of...
CLAIM No: [insert claim number]IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEBUSINESS AND PROPERTY Division[INSERT COURT/LIST/SUB-LIST]BETWEEN[insert full name of...
[insert address of sender]Our ref: [insert reference]Your ref: [insert reference][insert address of recipient]Date: [insert date]Dear [insert...
Latest IP Q&As
Featured IP content
Introduction to passing off
Introduction to passing offUnlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from...
Trade mark infringement—UK
Trade mark infringementRights conferred by a trade mark registrationThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent...
Copyright—authorship and ownership
Copyright—authorship and ownershipThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) defines the author of a work as the person who created it....
Passing off—goodwill, misrepresentation and damage
Passing off—goodwill, misrepresentation and damageWhat is passing off?Passing off is a common law tort which protects rights that are not capable of...
Absolute and relative grounds for refusal to register a UK trade mark
Absolute and relative grounds for refusal to register a UK trade markAbsolute and relative groundsA trade mark’s essential function is to be a badge...
Copyright infringement—remedies
Copyright infringement—remediesThis Practice Note covers the remedies available for copyright infringement.The remedies available in cases of...
Introduction to revocation of patents
Introduction to revocation of patentsPatents may be revoked, that is, taken off the register of patents, if it is decided that they are invalid in...
Joint ownership of intellectual property rights
Joint ownership of intellectual property rightsWhen parties collaborate on creative projects or research and development, complex questions arise...
Sub-licensing intellectual property rights
Sub-licensing intellectual property rightsAn intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective...
Brand protection online—strategy
Brand protection online—strategyHaving an online presence is essential for most brands. Many advertise and sell their products online—on their own...
Types of dispute resolution
Types of dispute resolutionThis Practice Note provides an overview of the main types of dispute resolution that are an alternative to litigation in IP...
Parallel imports—UK
Parallel imports—UKThe legal frameworkThis Practice Note explains trade mark law on parallel trade. Parallel imports, or ‘grey market’ goods, are...
Know-how—protection and licensing
Know-how—protection and licensingThis Practice Note explains what know-how is and sets out the different ways know-how can be protected before...
Copyright—secondary infringement
Copyright—secondary infringementWhereas primary infringement requires in most instances the act of reproduction, secondary infringement is about...
Licensing intellectual property rights
Licensing intellectual property rightsLicensing IP rights—introductionDrafting IP licences can raise a number of commercial and legal issues, which...
Application to register a UK trade mark
Application to register a UK trade markThis Practice Note provides guidance on applying to register a trade mark at the UK Intellectual Property...
IP rights and semiconductors
IP rights and semiconductorsBackground to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus...
Can the assignment of a patent be retroactively effective?
Associated legal terms
Crown use
The Crown can use a patent, under a form of compulsory licence, where the use is for the services of the Crown.
Employee compensation
An employee, who is not entitled to an invention, may be entitled to compensation from his employer where the invention he devised provided outstanding benefit to the employer.
Royalty
In this Part “royalty” means a royalty in respect of the enjoyment or exercise of rights that constitute an asset'>intangible fixed asset.
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