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Ed Sheehan Court Case

Ed Sheeran is off the hook

 So Ed Sheeran’s off the hook. If you’ve been vaguely aware of the copyright case bubbling through the courts, you might have heard the judgement from earlier this week.  Zacaroli J determined that, contrary to the claims of Sami Chokri

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When Does Copying Infringe Copyright?

A Spat at Bedtime… In late November 2017, retailer John Lewis and children’s author Chris Riddell were parties to an ‘online copyright spat’. The issue was whether or not the department store had copied the former Children’s Laureate’s beloved character

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Death knell for the European Unitary Patent?

Attending an intellectual property law conference recently, the question on everybody’s mind was ‘How will Britain leaving the EU affect business as usual back in the UK’? In terms of patent law, it seems that Brexit will bring more radical

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