Unlocking the intricacies of copyright law requires a thorough understanding of its principles and applications. This topic delves into essential guidance for protecting creative works, exploring the nuances of authorship, licensing, and enforcement. Legal practitioners will find invaluable resources to navigate disputes, strategise effectively in safeguarding intellectual property, and comply with evolving legislative frameworks. Equip yourself with the necessary tools to advise clients and ensure their creative rights are upheld in the digital age.
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 European Commission has adopted its 2027 Work Programme setting out its main legislative and non-legislative priorities for the year ahead. The...
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published the government's response to the consultation on changes to the UK designs framework, in which a...
IP analysis: The Court of Appeal allowed an employee inventor’s appeals concerning the assessment of outstanding benefit under section 40 of the...
Introduction to passing offUnlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from...
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 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 damageWhat is passing off?Passing off is a common law tort which protects rights that are not capable of...
Copyright infringement—remediesThis Practice Note covers the remedies available for copyright infringement.The remedies available in cases of copyright infringement are generally the same as those available for all IP right infringement. For further detail, see Practice Note: Civil and criminal
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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