The UK needs to modernise its intellectual property laws in order to stimulate innovation and growth, journalism professor Ian Hargreaves has recommended in an independent, government-commissioned ...

Reed Smith lawyers say that with the UK’s AI law in a state of flux, IP owners should look beyond the country's borders ...

Labour has been accused of abandoning British tech firms despite Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to transform the country into an ...

Patrick Wingrove asks UK practitioners how copyright will change after Brexit, and analyses the EU Commission's recent report on the subject At the end of March 2018, the EU Commission issued a report ...

UK copyright extension on designed objects is “direct assault” on 3D printing Industrial designs, like chairs and tables, now come with a copyright of 70+ years.

The Intellectual Property Office has outlined harsher approaches towards copyright, trademark, and patent enforcement in the UK over the next few years. Rather than the "notice and takedown ...

The UK is to update its 1988 copyright law for the digital age in line with a nearly three-year-old review.

Fair dealing allows you to copy part of usually already published third party copyright work without having to get copyright owner’s prior permission ...

CD-ripping, non-commercial text mining and parodies of creative works are all set to become legal, as part of sweeping reforms to the UK copyright regime. On Wednesday, the government issued its ...

Under a new exception to copyright law, anyone will be able to make a funny parody or mash-up from existing material. But do the courts have a sense of humour, asks Adam Rendle A copyright law ...