Databases

Databases, especially electronic databases, have for some time now made up an important sector of the economy. They are a vital tool in the development of an information...

Database right is a property right introduced by Directive 96/9/EC (Database Directive) in a database where there has been substantial investment in obtaining, verifying...

The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, SI 1997/3032 (CRD 1997) implemented the Database Directive by introducing changes to United Kingdom copyright law...

This new starter guide provides an introduction to intellectual property (IP) law. It is aimed at trainee solicitors and those who are new to IP as a practice area. This...

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...

This new starter guide provides an introduction to database law. It focuses on highlighting the basic principles that apply and includes numerous links to other...

When parties collaborate on creative projects or research and development, complex questions arise about the ownership of any resulting intellectual property (IP). Joint...

Protecting databases Databases, especially electronic databases, have become important tools that drive economic transactions. In the 1990s, uniform and adequate...

Meditech scenario on database right and database copyright This training scenario accompanies Precedent: Rights in databases—training materials. It is designed to help...

The provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) apply in relation to dealing with database rights and databases as they do to copyright and...

An intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective route to generating revenue while maintaining ownership of...

Football DataCo (FD) grants licenses to third parties allowing them to reproduce certain intellectual property such as fixture lists and statistics owned by the UK's...

Introduction Valuation is required at many points in the lifecycle of an intellectual property (IP) asset, and for many different purposes, including: • sale and purchase...

Intellectual property (IP) must be valued for tax purposes on a number of occasions, including: • on transfer to a non-UK connected party—see Practice Note: Tax issues...