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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
IP analysis: The Supreme Court has held that post-sale confusion can amount to an actionable infringement and is not confined to being assessed in a...
Welcome to this week’s edition of the IP weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP....
EU law analysis: Boriana Guimberteau, partner, and Pauline Desjours, associate, of Stephenson Harwood AARPI, consider the request preliminary ruling...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on a draft delegated regulation that will supplement Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 on geographical...
IP analysis: Michael Smith of Three Stone Chambers considers the impact of Brexit on the UK's regime for the exhaustion of IP rights. In particular,...
Latest IP Practice Notes
Copyright litigation—statements of caseIntroductionThis document contains quick links to the Precedents relevant to copyright litigation. These...
Executing deeds and documents in property transactions—charitiesIncorporated v unincorporated charitiesThere are currently a number of incorporated or...
US—copyright fundamentalsThis Practice Note was originally written for Lexis Practice Advisor®, in the US.It provides an overview of key US law...
Brexit—jurisdiction [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The UK and EU’s specific proposals for dealing...
US—fair use considerationsThis Practice Note was originally written for Lexis Practice Advisor®, in the US.This Practice Note discusses the fair use...
Latest IP Precedents
Option 1—deed executed by administrator under the company’s common seal Executed as a deed by affixing the common seal of[insert...
Final order (copyright infringement)Case No. [insert claim number]IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEBUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND &...
Option 1—deed executed by a limited liability partnership under its common seal, where the limited liability partnership agreement...
Reply (copyright infringement)Case No. [insert claim number]IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEBUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND & WALESINTELLECTUAL...
Trade mark assignment—pro-assigneeThis Deed is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under...
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
Copyright Tribunal
The Copyright Tribunal is a body set up under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to adjudicate over licences.
Relevant derelict land remediation
(1) For the purposes of this Part “relevant derelict land remediation”, in relation to land which is in a derelict state and in which a major interest has been acquired by a company, means— (a) activities in relation to which conditions A and B are met, and (b) if there are such activities, relevant preparatory activity. (2) Condition A is that the activities comprise the doing of any works, the carrying out of any operations or the taking of any steps in relation to the land in question. (3) Condition B is that the purpose of the activities is a purpose specified by order made by the Treasury. (4) An order under subsection (3) may contain incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision and savings.
Reproduction right
A performer has the right to prevent the reproduction of the performer's work.
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