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Our copyright and design rights team advises clients on subsistence and scope of the rights, ownership, and infringement, providing practical advice on when these arise, what they cover and how to ensure their ownership of copyright and unregistered designs in the works and materials created by their employees or sub-contractors. We also advise on associated licensing, assignment, and exploitation of rights agreements. We have extensive experience in advising on infringement and, in the case of registered designs, the validity and revocation of rights.
Defending an Australian client against an allegation by a UK company of infringement of copyright in the design of fenders for pilot boats.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Advising a global manufacturer of food products on copyright, trade mark, registered design issues both globally and across the region.
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.
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.
Counselling a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) entity on a national content digitisation project and implications under local and international copyright law.
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.
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.
Counselling a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) entity on a national content digitisation project and implications under local and international copyright law.
Advising a global manufacturer of food products on copyright, trade mark, registered design issues both globally and across the region.
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.
Defending an Australian client against an allegation by a UK company of infringement of copyright in the design of fenders for pilot boats.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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