Today we celebrate Adrienne, our Office Queen and Practice Manager for 15 years of dedicated and loyal service to all things Briffa. Adrienne has played a huge role in building the firm we have today. She shares our vision for what legal practice should be by making sure we go the ‘extra mile’ for all…
DetailsOh being an intellectual property lawyer has its compensations. I spent a morning with our client, luxury chocolate brand Monty Bojangles. This is a brand with mega personality that shouts adventure, sophistication and fun and that is before you get down to opening the box. Inside you find individually wrapped chocolates with intriguing quirky names.…
DetailsEven for non-sporty types like me – a trip to Swingers The Crazy Golf Club is tremendous fun. The business has been thriving since it opened its doors in May and it’s not difficult to see why. Swingers is nestled at the foot of the Gerkin and is just one of a growing number of clients that…
DetailsI am delighted to publish the first in our series #BriffaCelebrates – a journey of celebration of the businesses we work with, our team and all things Briffa. Tatty Devine’s Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine have been friends since the met at art school. They started Tatty Devine in 1999 and launched their first jewellery collection using materials they…
DetailsDo you pitch ideas and designs as part of a tender or potential investment deal? Does your employee have access to your client lists? Does your manufacturer have detailed information relating to your products or suppliers? These types of information can have limited or no protection as intellectual property rights, but don’t panic – you…
DetailsA little over a month ago the European Commission published numerous pieces of draft legislation intended to bring the European copyright framework into the twenty-first century. The proposed legislation includes a new “copyright directive” (available to view here) which sets out measures intended to facilitate the cross-border availability of, and ease of access to, copyright…
DetailsHeritage Audio are nothing if not bold. The Spanish company is currently in litigation with AMS Neve Limited over the manufacture and sale of the look and sound a like ‘1073’. Their website states ‘The name says it all – first introduced by Neve in 1970……. We are proud to introduce what, to our knowledge,…
DetailsNavigating the world though racial and ethnic stereotyping while landing on an island somewhere near you for the odd grope; it seems Donald Trump can now add Copyright Pirate to his list of daring dos. UK Photographer David Kittos, a refugee from Cyprus shared the work ‘A Bowl of Skittles’ on Flickr with an ‘all…
DetailsSir Bob Geldof has faced worse blows of course but he can now add ‘being sued for millions by former band mate’ to the list. Johnnie Moylett (aka Johnnie Fingers) claims to be the actual composer of the music ‘I don’t like Mondays but says he was pressured into not taking credit at the time…
DetailsLooking for a perfect Autumn treat? Visit the Fragrance Floor at Fortnum and Mason. I was there recently to visit our Client Grossmith an experience worth going out of your way for. Grossmith is a one of England’s oldest perfume houses and has been revived in recent years by Simon Brooke, great grandson of the…
DetailsOh dear oh dear, what is the matter with McDonalds? Their corporate website is full of warm and fluffy statements about how seriously they take their corporate social responsibility. They are into ‘Recycling’, ‘Reusing’ and Supporting youngsters and the community.’ Really – how come then that they are facing a string of copyright infringement suits…
DetailsThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) have ruled that hyperlinks can infringe copyright within the EU. In 2011, GS Media published a report regarding nude photos of Britt Decker, the copyright of which was owned by Sanoma (who run Playboy in the Netherlands), the report referred to a link to locate the…
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