The question of who owns copyright in a work can be crucially important. Unfortunately, the rules governing ownership of copyright are very complex, and often counter-intuitive. Similarly, the rules governing the infringement of copyright are often misunderstood.
It is important to consider how you use copyright works belonging to others. For instance, if you instruct a photographer to take photographs for a brochure, he would typically own copyright in them. You would not be able to re-use those photographs, or even reprint the brochure, without the photographer's consent. We draft agreements that clarify such relationships from the outset.
We advise on all issues relating to copyright, and have a strong record of resolving disputes. We can prepare copyright licences and assignments to help you generate maximum return from your copyright works.
Work experience/case studies:
- Advising The Fire Service College on copyright ownership issues, and preparing for it a suite of standard copyright licences. Together this helped it achieve Information Fair Trader Scheme (IFTS) status.
- Advising a health services provider on copyright issues affecting the dissemination of information by libraries and other organisations.
- Advising on the creation and operation of websites.
