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What does Intellectual Property Rights mean?

means copyright, rights related to copyright such as moral rights and performers rights, patents, rights in inventions, rights to use and protect the confidentiality of confidential information (including, but not limited to know-how and trade secrets), trade marks, geographical indications, service marks, trade names, design rights, rights in get-up and trade dress, database rights, databases,[ data exclusivity rights,][ approvals,][ utility models,] domain names, business names, rights in computer software, , semiconductor topography rights,[ mask works,] the right to sue for infringement, unfair competition and passing off, all similar rights of whatever nature wherever in the world arising, in each case: (a) whether registered or not, (b) including any applications to protect or register such rights, (c) including all renewals and extensions of such rights or applications, (d) whether vested, contingent or future, and (e) wherever existing; [including but not limited to those rights specified in Schedule [insert number and name of schedule].]

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Planning a digital marketing campaign—checklist

Planning a digital marketing campaign—checklist This Checklist is for use when planning a digital marketing campaign. The focus is on marketing-specific requirements and the Checklist does not consider general issues in relation to transactional activity (eg contract formation, distance selling). It covers media selection, territorial targeting, agency contracts, data protection, advertising compliance, user-generated content, influencer engagement, prize and price promotions, and behavioural advertising. It also considers compliance with legislative and self-regulatory regime in the UK, including the unfair commercial practices provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA 2024) and the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (CAP Code). Digital marketing can reach consumers at home, at work and, through their mobiles, tablets and video game consoles, virtually everywhere else. Alongside unrivalled potential audience numbers, it offers brands the opportunity to target individuals on the basis of their specific interests, locations or habits. It is no surprise, then, that brands are diverting more and more of their marketing spend from traditional media to...

Digital assets and cryptoassets on death—checklist

Digital assets and cryptoassets on death—checklist The personal representatives (PRs) of an estate have a duty to administer the estate and this includes dealing with all the deceased’s digital assets, including online accounts and profiles even if they have no monetary or immediate value. While it is estimated that there are already over two million people in the UK who hold some form of cryptoasset, to date relatively few people have died with such assets in their estate and this is still a developing area of law and practice. More generally, the vast majority of the UK population is likely to have some sort of digital profile or digital asset in their estate on death. For information on what are considered to be digital assets, see Practice Note: Dealing with digital assets after death—What are digital assets? This Checklist deals with specific issues for PRs to consider where the estate contains digital assets, including cryptoassets. It focuses solely on issues relating to digital assets rather than physical assets and should...

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Professional indemnity insurance in construction projects

Professional indemnity insurance in construction projects This Practice Note looks at professional indemnity (PI) insurance in the context of construction projects—the requirement to hold insurance, the level and basis of cover and typical wording contained in clauses requiring PI insurance to be maintained. For a wider review of professional indemnity insurance, see Practice Note: Professional indemnity insurance—essentials. This Practice Note refers to a consultant’s obligations to maintain PI insurance, however main contractors and sub-contractors taking on design responsibility will also be required to maintain PI insurance and the principles referred to below also apply to those contractors. A contractor with no design responsibility may not consider it necessary to hold PI insurance, however, in the event that a contractor failed to follow the consultant’s designs, an employer may allege that the contractor made an ‘on-the-spot design decision’, which could trigger a PI policy. For more information, see Practice Note: Design liability in construction contracts—Responsibility for design under different procurement routes (in particular, the section titled ‘Traditional’). Requirement to...

Taking security over intellectual property rights

Taking security over intellectual property rights Scope of this Practice Note A company's IP rights can be offered as security for a loan. In commercial lending transactions, IP rights are commonly offered as security for a loan: • as part of a package of security over the whole of a company's assets (see Practice Note: Key features of debentures) • in transactions that involve lending to a borrower in an industry where IP rights are particularly valuable, for example: ◦ biotechnology, pharmaceutical, electronics and telecommunications industries (where patents are particularly key) ◦ global retail industries (where trade marks are particularly key), or ◦ film production and software manufacturing industries (where copyright is particularly key) This Practice Note does not cover taking security over IP rights in the EU or other overseas jurisdictions. Lenders should seek appropriate local law advice when taking security over a multi-jurisdictional IP portfolio. However, we address below the impact of Brexit on security over IP rights registered in the EU before IP completion...

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Consultancy agreement—company and individual—pro-client (short form)

Consultancy agreement—company and individual—pro-client (short form) [ON HEADED NOTEPAPER OF CLIENT COMPANY] [Insert consultant’s name] [Insert consultant’s address] [Insert date] Dear [insert consultant’s name] [ Consultancy agreement OR Insert name of project ] Further to our recent discussions, I am pleased to confirm the terms of our agreement regarding the provision of your consultancy services to [insert name of client company] (Company). 1 Term 1.1 [Subject to the terms set out in this letter, your engagement [will commence OR commenced] on [insert date] and will continue unless or until either party gives to the other not less than [insert number] [weeks’ OR months’] prior notice in writing. OR 1.2 Your engagement will be for a fixed period of [insert number] months from [insert date], subject to the terms of this letter and subject to the right of either the Company or you to give to the other not less than [number] [weeks’ OR months’] notice in writing during such fixed period terminating the...

Distribution agreement—non-exclusive—short form

Distribution agreement—non-exclusive—short form This Agreement is made on [date] Parties 1 [insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in England and Wales under number [insert registered number] whose registered office is at] [insert address] (Manufacturer); and 2 [insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in England and Wales under number [insert registered number] whose registered office is at] [insert address] (Distributor); each of the Manufacturer and the Distributor being a party and together they are the parties. Background (A) The Manufacturer manufactures [and supplies] the Products. (B) The Distributor has agreed to distribute the Products on a non-exclusive basis in the Territory in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The parties agree: 1 Definitions 1.1 In this Agreement: Active Sales • has the meaning given in Article 8(7) of VABEO; Affiliate • means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is in under common control with, another entity where “control” means the beneficial ownership of...

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TMT weekly highlights—17 April 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of the TMT weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from across the technology, media and telecoms sectors. These highlights focus on key topics including new technologies, software, cloud computing, internet, outsourcing, music, film & television, publishing, defamation and telecoms.

EU Law weekly highlights—17 April 2025

This week's edition of EU Law weekly highlights includes analysis of the Advocate General’s opinion on the EU Intellectual Property Office and the potential conflicts with UK trademarks when considering applications filed before Brexit. In addition this week, Directive (EU) 2025/794, the ‘Stop the Clock’ Directive postponing the application of sustainability rules was published in the Official Journal of the EU, the European Data Protection Board adopted guidelines addressing personal data processing through blockchain technologies, the European Commission launched a consultation on the revision of the EU Cybersecurity Act, launched a call for evidence to assess investment needs in the EU nuclear power sector, opened a public consultation on the EU Emissions Trading System and Market Stability Reserve, aims to simplify EU Deforestation Regulation implementation with new guidance, updated harmonised standards for medical devices. It also includes the launch by the Commission of a consultation on its new European Strategy for AI in science, the publication of the second version of the Commission’s guidelines on responsible use of generative AI...

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