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IP weekly highlights—9 September 2021

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Published on: 09 September 2021

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Copyright & associated rights
Architect’s moral right to be attributed as the author of drawings (The Front Door (UK) Ltd v Lower Mill Estate Ltd)
Sex Pistols dispute over the exploitation of their songs (Jones v Lydon)
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Article summary

This week's edition of IP weekly highlights includes analysis of two cases, the first concerning the moral right of paternity where the copyright and right to use a drawing has been assigned to another as well as a claim of passing off, and the second, a High Court case which involved a dispute between members of the Sex Pistols over the exploitation of certain songs used in a new television series which the claimants argued went against the Band Member Agreement.

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