Intellectual Property News

The use of photographs by journalists without the permission of the photographer or author appears to be becoming more common but what does this mean from an IP law perspective for...

CBS (and others), the network behind Big Bang Theory – the stars of which recently topped a list of the world's highest paid TV actors – is facing a claim for copyright infringemen...

On 17 November 2015, we reported that a US charity called the Association for Childhood Education International ("ACEI") filed a motion on 9 November 2015 to intervene in the long-...

A recent case involving a copyright ownership dispute in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court exemplifies the importance of having clear intellectual property ownership provi...

Peter Hook was the bass player with New Order until his departure in 2007.  Following his departure Hook formed a new band, Peter Hook and the Light, with which he is now touring. ...

Wikimedia is facing allegations that it has breached copyright law in Germany over the publication of photographs showing works of art which are in the public domain.  A German mus...

In a recent case an online software pirate settled claims against him on unusual out of court terms with a number of jointly represented leading software companies, including Micro...

After a year-long consultation, the UK government's Department for Business, Innovation & Skills ("BIS") has concluded that brand owners should not be able to seek civil injunction...

In Oslo, Norway, there is a portfolio of pending trade mark applications for art which includes the works of the artist Edvard Munch who died in 1944 and the sculptor Gustav Vigela...

In a recent mock trial event hosted in a museum in Milan, Judges held that a superstar chef's "Riso, oro e Zafferano" (rice, gold and saffron) was protected by various forms of int...

Irishman Roy Barry, adamant that talent show "The Voice" is based on his idea, has vowed to bring claim in the Dutch Courts against the Dutch producers of The Voice, Talpa Media, a...

On 1 January 2016, Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf', will enter the public domain in Europe as the 70 year after the death of the author of that work copyright protection ends. Nazi pro...