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Intellectual Property News

13 January 2012

Call for Evidence on feasibility of a new Digital Copyright Exchange

In November 2011, Richard Hooper was appointed to lead an independent feasibility study into the possible introduction of a Digital Copyright Exchange ("DCE"), and on 4th January he issued a Call for Evidence as part of that study.

12 January 2012

Double accolade for Burges Salmon’s first class IP team

Burges Salmon is advising on one of the Top 20 Litigation Cases for 2012, according to industry magazine, The Lawyer.

27 September 2011

Digitisation and making available orphan and out-of-commerce works

The European Commission is working to further the Digital Agenda and on 24 May put forward a proposal for a Directive on orphan works as the first part of a two-pronged approach to further the development of digital libraries in Europe. 

04 August 2011

Government to propose new copyright exceptions

In its response to the Hargreaves Review of the UK intellectual property regime, the Government has indicated that it will make proposals for broadening the exceptions to copyright, including the introduction of new exceptions for limited private copying and parody.

25 July 2011

L'Oréal v eBay: the ECJ's Judgment

Providers of online marketplaces may lose the protection of the hosting defence by offering assistance to their users.

18 May 2011

21st Century Copyright: Report calls for wide-ranging reform

The Hargreaves report, commissioned by David Cameron in November 2010 with the aim of developing proposals for making the UK's intellectual property framework more supportive of entrepreneurism, growth and innovation, was published 18 May 2011.

19 June 2009

Appointed to London Development Agency Panel

We have been selected to work with the London Development Agency.