All Articles in Intellectual property

The UK Intellectual Property Office is consulting on key changes to our copyright laws. Following an EU directive, the way was clear to introduce a “parody” defence for the first…

Many are awaiting the outcome of a US case between the Premier League and YouTube for confirmation as to whether UK companies need to register their copyright with the US…

The famous Barack Obama “HOPE” poster that became a national symbol during the Obama election campaign has led to copyright infringement claims and “fair use” cries from the poster’s creator.…

The “life plus 70 years after the end of the year of death” rule for most copyright works means that each 1st January, many creative works fall into the public…

“Extraction” from a database without permission infringes database right. But what is “extraction” and can it occur even if no data from the database is actually being physically copied? Zoë…

Ryanair claims that a flight aggregation site’s practice of “screen-scraping” infringes their trade marks and database rights and that the use of RYANAIR amounts to “passing off”. Gemma Neylon, trainee…

In a coincidence they should make a movie about, two strikingly similar cases were reported in the space of a few days in which the ownership of movie related designs…

Clothing store Peek & Cloppenburg included a distinctive Le Corbusier chair in its window display. It wasn’t looking to sell them even, so was shocked to be sued by the…

With copyright in most creative works lasting for the life of the author plus 70 years from the end of the year of death, each new year brings a potential…