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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
The EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has updated its staff guidelines on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)...
MLex: Methodologies for valuing fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) standard-essential patent (SEP) licences are improving but remain...
TMT analysis: AI-generated music is now commercially mainstream—but the legal framework is still catching up. Instead of clear rules, the industry is...
The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.05 has referred several questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in...
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced a major review of the Manual of Patent Practice (MOPP) following the launch of the One IPO patent...
Latest IP Practice Notes
This Practice Note was originally written for Lexis Practice Advisor®, in the US.This Practice Note provides an overview of the US Communications...
This Practice Note explains the intellectual property rights (IPRs) that may exist in a website and the extent to which these can be used to protect...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the Digital Economy Act 2010 and early s 97A website blocking. This Practice Note is for...
Intellectual property (IP) agreements, such as those relating to the licensing of technology or the joint development of new technology, may contain...
IP and online retailEstablishing an online presence (either instead of or in addition to trading through physical stores) means that retailers can...
Latest IP Precedents
Strictly private and confidentialTo: [insert buyer name][insert buyer address]Date: [insert date]Dear [insert buyer contact name],Proposed acquisition...
Hyperlinking to us[You may not provide a link to our website without our express written consent. If you wish to provide a link to our website, please...
[Postal address for hosting service provider/host online platform][Date]By registered post and email: [email address for hosting service provider/host...
These training materials are template PowerPoint slides which show how businesses can protect their online brands. They include guidance upon...
This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered...
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
Crown copyright
A Crown copyright work is a work made by Her Majesty or by an officer or servant of the Crown in the course of his or her duties, which will qualify for copyright protection and Her Majesty is the first owner of any copyright in the work.
Database
A database is a copyright work which comprises a collection of independent works, data or other material which are arranged in a systematic way and are individually accessible by electronic or other means.
Disposing of patented invention
The disposing of a patented product is an infringing act.
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