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Paying homage or a licence to steal? David Langwallner delves into the tricky topic of musical sampling in copyright law

What exactly is ‘music’ for copyright purposes? David Langwallner looks beyond the lyrics & settles the score

Trade mark owners who are not using their mark may need to do more than simply filing and refiling in order to hang onto their rights, following Lidl Great Britain Ltd v Tesco Stores Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1433.

The taste of success: Louis Iveson & Laura Trapnell examine Lindt’s victory in claiming the iconic chocolate rabbit as their own, & discuss what the UK courts would make of their evidence

In UK law, artistic parodies remain in a grey area between freedom of expression & protecting commercial reputations, as David Langwallner explains

Coincidence or copycat? Laura Trapnell & Louis Iveson examine the increasing trend in litigating copyright disputes over hit songs

Are Del Boy & Rodders heading to court? Laura Trapnell looks into an unusual claim

The inventor of a type of food packaging and a flashing light cannot be granted patents because they’re an AI (artificial intelligence) machine, the Court of Appeal has held

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a ‘consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime’.

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a consultation on the Copyright (Free Public Showing or Playing) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, which removed ‘film’ from the list of exceptions to copyright infringement in section 72 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988).

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NLJ this week: Motor commissions & fiduciary duties

The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings

NLJ this week: The power of Interpol red notices

Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Approach with caution post-Mazur

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?

Philip Sales is selected as next Deputy President

Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year

Tax shock ahead for partners?

Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget

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Intellectual property

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington