This Practice Note provides guidance on the issues to consider and steps to take when tasked with tackling identified instances of counterfeiting and piracy. Since...
This Practice Note examines the likely impact of Brexit on IP rights. It deals with key issues that may affect the owners of trade marks, design rights, copyright and...
As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an implementation...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Bowler Sean Ibbetson and Lucie Fortune of Bristows LLP The purpose of the claim form A claim form is the document used to start...
This Practice Note examines legal and practical issues relating to the copying of software. It sets out software copyright protections under copyright law to combat...
Issues to consider This Practice Note assumes knowledge of, and should be read in conjunction with, the following Practice Notes: • Copyright—subsistence and...
For offences that have more of a public policy angle such as those involving counterfeit goods and piracy, it is possible to bring criminal as well as civil proceedings....
This Practice Note examines the complex relationship between copyright and designs. For more information about designs law and copyright law, see: Design transactions and...
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) gives the copyright owner exclusive rights in the UK to carry out various acts in relation to the copyright work....
‘Copyright’ is a property right that subsists in various categories of work: • original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works • sound recordings, films,...
This Practice Note covers the remedies available for copyright infringement. The remedies available in cases of copyright infringement are the same as those available for...
Introduction This document contains quick links to the Precedents relevant to copyright. These include the main statements of case to start and then run copyright...
Copyright theft Theft of copyright is criminalised by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988), the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994) and the Video...
There are a number of specific exceptions to copyright infringement, the majority of which are laid down by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988). These...
Whereas primary infringement requires in most instances reproduction, secondary infringement is about dealing commercially in infringing copyright works. Acts of...
This Practice Note provides a broad overview of how copyright can be enforced cross-border. An international system of copyright enforcement Copyright is a territorial IP...
As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an implementation...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Bowler Sean Ibbetson and Lucie Fortune of Bristows LLP Case No. [insert claim number] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the Digital Economy Act 2010 and early s 97A website blocking. This Practice Note is for background...
Produced in partnership with Andrew Bowler Sean Ibbetson and Lucie Fortune of Bristows LLP Case No. [insert claim number] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND...
Click here to download the latest Copyright 2020 report, published by Getting the Deal Through. Jurisdictions covered The following jurisdictions are covered in this...
As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an implementation...
Background The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) is a specialist list of the Intellectual Property List (Chancery Division) which is intended to provide...
Introduction to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) is a specialist list of the Intellectual Property List...
As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an implementation...
This new starter guide provides an introduction to copyright law. It focuses on highlighting the basic principles that apply and includes numerous links to other...
The E-Commerce Directive (Council Directive 2000/31/EC), which deals with certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce in the...
Letter of claim [Alleged infringer’s name and address] [Date] Dear [insert organisation name] Copyright infringement: [Name and description of copyright works] We are...
Letter of claim [Alleged infringer’s name and address] [Date] Dear [insert organisation name] Copyright infringement: [Name and description of copyright works] We are...
This Practice Note explains the manner in which intellectual property and other rights apply in the context of linking on the web, with specific regard to the perspective...
