Copyright & Design Rights

Our Copyright & Design Rights Work

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• Middle East
• UK & Europe

• Copyright in boat fenders

  Defending an Australian client against an allegation by a UK company of infringement of copyright in the design of fenders for pilot boats. 

  Copyright in integrated chips for vocoders

  Acting for a US-based client in asserting copyright, trade mark and patent rights in plug-and-play devices (with integrated chips) for voice recording and synthesis against counterfeit devices being distributed in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

  Copyright issues arising from the monitoring of television viewing

  Advising our client on potential issues of copyright infringement arising from its software for analysing the viewing habits of tv and video-on-demand customers.

  Design dispute concerning jewellery

  Defending our client from allegations of infringement of two EU registered designs for jewellery, as well as passing off, brought by a well-known US fashion house by demonstrating that the designs were invalid as giving the same overall impression as articles that were well-known at their filing date.

  Design dispute concerning plastic containers

  We defended a leading UK manufacturer and supplier to supermarkets of containers for ready-meals against allegations of infringement of multiple unregistered design rights and countered explaining the independent derivation of the designs from commonplace household articles. 

  Protection of copyright and designs in online gambling software

  Advising an Asian-Pacific gaming company, with new UK subsidiary, on protecting its copyright in the software for new games (and registering those rights) and protecting various character icons through trade marks as well as unregistered designs.  We also advised on the patentability of its new gaming concepts.

  Advising a global food manufacturer on copyright issues

  Advising a global manufacturer of food products on copyright, trade mark, registered design issues both globally and across the region.

  Copyright ownership for a leading non-profit organisation

  Advising a leading non-profit organisation on the ownership of copyright and other IP in works generated by employees, consultants, and contractors, in addition to counseling clients on joint copyright ownership and commercialisation issues and preparing related contractual agreements.

  Multi-jurisdictional copyright advice for a web services provider

  Counselling a leading web services provider on local copyright right law and practice in relation to the introduction of novel web-based services and content in multiple jurisdictions in the MENA region.

  National content digitisation project advice

  Counselling a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) entity on a national content digitisation project and implications under local and international copyright law.
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• Enforceability of a personal guarantee

  Successfully representing an invoice financier on issues relating to the enforceability of a personal guarantee in the Court of Appeal.

  United Arab Emirates

  Administration of a logistics company

  Acting for the administrators of City Trucks Limited, a major road haulage and logistics business, dealing with various trading issues and the realisation of the company's debtor ledger.

  United Arab Emirates

• Administration of an aviation recruitment business

  Acting for the administrators of a GBP 70 million turnover aviation recruitment business to effect a pre-packaged sale of the business and assets. Ensuring a full recovery for the receivables financiers of the amounts advanced.

  United Kingdom

  Administration of printing companies

  Acting for the administrators of a number of unconnected printing companies in situations where the companies' assets were subject to finance and the debts were subject to invoice discounting arrangements. Our instructions included negotiating and drafting the relevant business and asset sale agreements, which allowed the administrators to preserve the companies' goodwill in order that the debts could be collected, thereby achieving a good result for the factors and asset based lenders (most...

  United Kingdom

  Business and asset sales

  Negotiating and completing numerous business and asset sales for administrators appointed by invoice financiers

  United Kingdom

  Contract reviews on behalf of invoice financiers

  Conducting various pre take on reviews of customer contracts on behalf of invoice financiers and advising on the viability of funding the receivables.

  United Kingdom

  Invoice discounting facilities

  Renegotiating various invoice discounting facilities and supporting security and advising on improved terms for receivables financiers.

  United Kingdom