11 September 2008Updated: 9 October 2012 Information Technology
Copyright law is the mainstay of protection for software. English courts have adopted a structured approach to deciding what parts of software is protected and the indicia which may be used to determine whether copying has taken place.
10 November 2006Updated: 7 November 2012 Intellectual Property Law
Electronic fonts and typefaces are serious business. Thousands typefaces are readily avoidable for sale. Fonts and font sets are protected by copyright law in the United Kingdom, whereas industrially produced typefaces may be protected as registered designs.
10 October 2005Updated: 14 November 2012 Intellectual Property Law
Different areas of intellectual property protection are designed to protect different subject matter. Patent law protects the industrial arts and copyright is designed to protect the fine arts. Overlaps can exist in these different forms of protection when considering particular types of works and inventions.
Intellectual Property Law
Selecting business names for companies, sole traders and limited liability partnerships.
Intellectual Property Law
An overview of the types of works protected by copyright, and a synopsis of what copyright protects, and what it does not.
Information Technology
Copyright law is the mainstay of protection for software. English courts have adopted a structured approach to deciding what parts of software is protected and the indicia which may be used to determine whether copying has taken place.
Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Law
Electronic fonts and typefaces are serious business. Thousands typefaces are readily avoidable for sale. Fonts and font sets are protected by copyright law in the United Kingdom, whereas industrially produced typefaces may be protected as registered designs.
Intellectual Property Law
Different areas of intellectual property protection are designed to protect different subject matter. Patent law protects the industrial arts and copyright is designed to protect the fine arts. Overlaps can exist in these different forms of protection when considering particular types of works and inventions.