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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...
The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the regulation governing compulsory licensing for crisis management...
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: A London court on 21 May 2025 blocked a vape company from threatening to sue retailers for trademark infringement amid its dispute...
Law360, London: Recent moves by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to reduce its backlog might not be enough for its tribunals to catch up on...
Latest IP Practice Notes
US—music contractsThis Practice Note was originally written for Lexis Practice Advisor®, in the US.This Practice Note discusses common agreements in...
IP and arbitrationIntroduction to arbitrationThis Practice Note sets out a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of choosing arbitration for...
Confidentiality agreement playbook—one—way (pro-discloser)This playbook provides guidance for drafting and negotiating a confidentiality agreement...
Artificial intelligence (AI) resource kitThis resource kit contains a list of the key practical guidance available across Lexis+® UK that deals with...
Drafting for unforeseen events—commercial contractsThis Practice Note provides practical guidance for general commercial practitioners on points to...
Latest IP Precedents
Hardship clauseHardship•means[, subject to clause [1.6 OR 1.7],] a [fundamental OR material] change in the balance of a party’s benefits and...
Letter of claim—trade mark infringement[Alleged infringer’s name and address][Date]Dear [insert organisation name][UK trade mark registration number...
Letter of claim—design right infringement[Alleged infringer’s name and address][Date]Dear [insert organisation name],[REGISTERED DESIGN NUMBER AND...
Letter of claim—parallel imports and trade mark infringement[Alleged infringer’s name and address][Date]Dear [insert organisation name],[UK trade mark...
Letter of claim—patent infringementLetter of claim—patent infringement[Alleged infringer’s name and address][Date]Dear [insert organisation...
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...
Intellectual property international treaties and conventions
Intellectual property international treaties and conventionsIP laws are almost always national in nature. However, there are many conventions and...
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...
Exploiting intellectual property rights
Exploiting intellectual property rightsIP rights are only valuable if they make money for the business. Even if they are used in the business, a...
Commercial use of fonts and typefaces
Commercial use of fonts and typefacesTypefaces are a key component of a brand’s identity, using a unique typeface helps a business to distinguish...
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...
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....
Patent term, renewal and restoration
Patent term, renewal and restorationThis Practice Note explains how long a patent lasts, how it must be maintained by renewal in order to last that...
Moral rights
Moral rightsThe nature of moral rightsThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) confers a number of personal rights on authors that are...
Civil and criminal remedies for intellectual property infringement
Civil and criminal remedies for intellectual property infringementThis Practice Note provides an overview of the civil and criminal remedies which can...
Defences and exceptions to trade mark infringement
Defences and exceptions to trade mark infringementThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent others from using...
IP rights and semiconductors
IP rights and semiconductorsBackground to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus...
Exceptions and defences to patent infringement
Exceptions and defences to patent infringementA ‘patent’ is a document conferring so-called monopoly rights to an inventor....
Intellectual property rights ownership clause
1 Definitions 1.1 In this clause: Background Intellectual Property means any and all Intellectual Property...
Copyright assignment and licensing
Copyright assignment and licensingCopyright is a property right and may be transferred by assignment, testamentary disposition or by the requirements...
Applying for a UK national patent
Applying for a UK national patentA patent for an invention grants the proprietor the right to exclude others from using the invention within a...
Trade mark infringement
Trade mark infringementRights conferred by a trade mark registrationThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent...
Associated legal terms
Adaptation
The making of an adaptation of a copyright work is an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work.
First ownership
The first owner of a copyright work is generally the author.
State of The Art
An invention is new if it does not form part of the state of the art as of its earliest effective filing date. The state of the art includes anything made available to the public in any form, typically known as 'prior art'.
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