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In the realm of start-ups and investments, investors are now placing an increasingly high value on the critical role IP plays in the growth trajectory of start-ups.

Everyone will recall the glamorous couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, more used to red carpets than courtrooms, fighting for their privacy over wedding photos sold to Hello! The couple sold exclusive rights of their wedding to OK! for £1m in order to retain control over the media and their privacy.

Digital innovations in global communication and mass data exchange are changing the way organisations work .

Navigating a commercial contract and appreciating the implications, both legal and practical, can be a daunting task. This article provides a snapshot of key clauses typically found in a standard commercial contract and looks at the implications of those clauses for the contracting parties.

Intellectual property (IP) is one of the most valuable assets for aerospace and defence SMEs, yet it's often an area that gets easily overlooked.

Victory for InterDigital, Nokia, Huawei, Google, Qualcomm and LG in Optis v Apple standard essential patent (SEP) and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) dispute

This piece looks ahead to what we might expect as IT law developments in 2020.

If a deal is reached ahead of Brexit, the indications are that a transition period would preserve the status quo for intellectual property (IP) until the end of 2020.

COVID-19 is bringing systemic change in the way businesses are operating and employees are working.

As a university student or academic you might be vaguely aware of intellectual property (IP) as a concept but you may still not be entirely clear on why IP is so important...

Featuring three essential Q&As on trade secret applicability, overseas filing strategies, and protection of innovative business models.

Two terms frequently used in this context are intellectual property rights and intellectual capital but what is the difference between...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is big news at the moment. It's difficult to avoid talk of AI chatbots, AI deepfakes, and even AI's existential threat to humanity.

Trade secrets are as important as protecting your patents, designs and trademarks and must be part of your daily IP strategy.

Technical innovations in FinTech, digital banking platforms, trading strategies and the like are typically a combination of code, algorithms, data analytics, machine learning through to business methods and processes.

However, IP rights are territorial. A patent or trade mark registration in one country does not automatically ensure protection in another.

The Court of Appeal recently stayed Samsung's appeal against a finding of invalidity of two of its mobile phone patents.