Copyright & Design Rights

Our Copyright & Design Rights Work

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• Middle East
• UK & Europe

• Copyright in boat fenders

  Defending an Australian client against an allegation by a UK company of infringement of copyright in the design of fenders for pilot boats. 

  United Kingdom

  Copyright in integrated chips for vocoders

  Acting for a US-based client in asserting copyright, trade mark and patent rights in plug-and-play devices (with integrated chips) for voice recording and synthesis against counterfeit devices being distributed in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

  United Kingdom

  Copyright issues arising from the monitoring of television viewing

  Advising our client on potential issues of copyright infringement arising from its software for analysing the viewing habits of tv and video-on-demand customers.

  United Kingdom

  Design dispute concerning jewellery

  Defending our client from allegations of infringement of two EU registered designs for jewellery, as well as passing off, brought by a well-known US fashion house by demonstrating that the designs were invalid as giving the same overall impression as articles that were well-known at their filing date.

  United Kingdom

  Design dispute concerning plastic containers

  We defended a leading UK manufacturer and supplier to supermarkets of containers for ready-meals against allegations of infringement of multiple unregistered design rights and countered explaining the independent derivation of the designs from commonplace household articles. 

  United Kingdom

  Protection of copyright and designs in online gambling software

  Advising an Asian-Pacific gaming company, with new UK subsidiary, on protecting its copyright in the software for new games (and registering those rights) and protecting various character icons through trade marks as well as unregistered designs.  We also advised on the patentability of its new gaming concepts.

  United Kingdom

  Advising a global food manufacturer on copyright issues

  Advising a global manufacturer of food products on copyright, trade mark, registered design issues both globally and across the region.

  United Arab Emirates

  Copyright ownership for a leading non-profit organisation

  Advising a leading non-profit organisation on the ownership of copyright and other IP in works generated by employees, consultants, and contractors, in addition to counseling clients on joint copyright ownership and commercialisation issues and preparing related contractual agreements.

  United Arab Emirates

  Multi-jurisdictional copyright advice for a web services provider

  Counselling a leading web services provider on local copyright right law and practice in relation to the introduction of novel web-based services and content in multiple jurisdictions in the MENA region.

  United Arab Emirates

  National content digitisation project advice

  Counselling a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) entity on a national content digitisation project and implications under local and international copyright law.

  United Arab Emirates
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• Copyright ownership for a leading non-profit organisation

  Advising a leading non-profit organisation on the ownership of copyright and other IP in works generated by employees, consultants, and contractors, in addition to counseling clients on joint copyright ownership and commercialisation issues and preparing related contractual agreements.

  United Arab Emirates

  Multi-jurisdictional copyright advice for a web services provider

  Counselling a leading web services provider on local copyright right law and practice in relation to the introduction of novel web-based services and content in multiple jurisdictions in the MENA region.

  United Arab Emirates

  National content digitisation project advice

  Counselling a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) entity on a national content digitisation project and implications under local and international copyright law.

  United Arab Emirates

  Advising a global food manufacturer on copyright issues

  Advising a global manufacturer of food products on copyright, trade mark, registered design issues both globally and across the region.

  United Arab Emirates

  Regional broadcaster copyright exception advice

  Advising a major GCC broadcaster in relation to its ability to rely on the copyright exceptions under UAE law and across the region in order to use third party content and broadcasts in its programmes, in particular in relation to showing sports highlights.

  United Arab Emirates

• Copyright in boat fenders

  Defending an Australian client against an allegation by a UK company of infringement of copyright in the design of fenders for pilot boats. 

  United Kingdom

  Copyright issues arising from the monitoring of television viewing

  Advising our client on potential issues of copyright infringement arising from its software for analysing the viewing habits of tv and video-on-demand customers.

  United Kingdom

  Copyright in integrated chips for vocoders

  Acting for a US-based client in asserting copyright, trade mark and patent rights in plug-and-play devices (with integrated chips) for voice recording and synthesis against counterfeit devices being distributed in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

  United Kingdom

  Design dispute concerning jewellery

  Defending our client from allegations of infringement of two EU registered designs for jewellery, as well as passing off, brought by a well-known US fashion house by demonstrating that the designs were invalid as giving the same overall impression as articles that were well-known at their filing date.

  United Kingdom

  Design dispute concerning plastic containers

  We defended a leading UK manufacturer and supplier to supermarkets of containers for ready-meals against allegations of infringement of multiple unregistered design rights and countered explaining the independent derivation of the designs from commonplace household articles. 

  United Kingdom

  Protection of copyright and designs in online gambling software

  Advising an Asian-Pacific gaming company, with new UK subsidiary, on protecting its copyright in the software for new games (and registering those rights) and protecting various character icons through trade marks as well as unregistered designs.  We also advised on the patentability of its new gaming concepts.

  United Kingdom