Intellectual Property News

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...

'Happy Birthday To You' is one of the most popular songs in history so much so that the Guinness Book of Records claims it as the most recognisable song in the English language. O...

A number of pubs across Tyneside and the rest of the UK have been ordered to pay thousands of pounds to the Premier League for unauthorised screening of live Premier League footbal...

Background  One year ago the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) launched a new licensing scheme aimed at opening access to more than 91 million creative works who...

Pop star Taylor Swift is being accused of stealing the words to her hit song "Shake It Off". As a result she is being sued for approximately $42m (£24m). U.S. based R&B singer Jes...

Section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 limits the length duration of copyright protection for industrially applied artistic works – those created by industrial p...