Avoiding ‘black holes’ and other mistakes when it comes to IP licensing
Licensing your intellectual property (IP) can help you grow your business without building every product, entering every market or hiring every team yourself. From software and branded merchandise to content,…
A sample of things to come? German courts rule use of unlicensed Kraftwerk sample is lawful
The highest German civil court has delivered its judgment on a long-running copyright dispute which could have wide implications for sample use and licensing in the EU. The court has…
Misrepresentation and Likelihood of Confusion: Two Different Tests
Whilst the tests for ‘Misrepresentation’ and ‘Confusion’ are distinguished from one another, clients often use the terms interchangeably when they find a competitors branding looks too close to theirs. Under…
The Creative Content Exchange: how creative SMEs can prepare to license content for AI
For photographers, designers, publishers, musicians, and other creative businesses, digital content may be valuable to artificial intelligence developers as training or testing material. Yet smaller rights holders often lack the…
Anatomy of a Confidentiality Agreement – Essential Clauses You Need
Confidentiality agreements, or non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), are essentially types of contracts that allow the parties to discuss certain matters openly, without fear of either party leaving the conversation and sharing…
