This Practice Note introduces the laws and regulations governing advertising in general and covers: • Regulatory regime overview • Non-broadcast advertising • Broadcast...
This Practice Note considers alternative methods of service and alternative places for service for court documents. The relevant provisions are set out in CPR 6.15 (claim...
This practice note describes briefly different types of social media services and websites and explains the key risks associated with social media for organisations,...
Some of the world's most visited sites such as eBay, Alibaba, Facebook and Twitter have faced criticism from some brand owners for their failure to police IP...
Collecting societies, also referred to as licensing bodies, offer rights holders a way of collectively licensing and enforcing their copyright in situations where it...
Typefaces are a key component of a brand identity, using a unique typeface helps a business to distinguish itself from its competitors. Many businesses will select or...
This note reflects the law and practice up to and insofar as the UK remains a Member State of the EU. At the time of writing, it is not possible to predict, with...
Issues to consider This Practice Note assumes knowledge of, and should be read in conjunction with, the following Practice Notes: • Copyright—subsistence and...
When making a new film or television programme, a number of individual different copyright works will comprise the film depending on the type of production being made, eg...
For the purposes of copyright law the term 'film' means a recording, on any medium, from which a moving image may by any means be produced. A television programme is...
This Practice Note examines whether copyright can subsist in music compilations as a database. In essence, the question is whether a music compilation is an original...
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,...
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...
This Practice Note is intended to be used to track the progress of legislative proposals, relevant judgments, and current consultations related to copyright and...
The internet and, in particular, social media is a high risk area for defamation litigation. Content posted on blogs, internet forums, online newspaper comment sections...
