Category: Intellectual Property

  • Data

    Diversity data in relation with the Courts and Tribunals in England The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), a non-departmental public body, publishes a bulletin of Official Statistics, covering the diversity profile of selection exercises twice a year. The period 1 April 2014 to 30 […]

  • Bare Licensee

    Definition of Bare Licensee In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bare Licensee : A person who uses or occupies land by permission of the owner but has no legal or equitable interest in it. Such permission is personal to him; thus he cannot transfer it. He […]

  • Hacking

    Definition of Hacking In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Hacking : Gaining unauthorized access to a computer system. This is a summary offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Under this Act it is also an offence, triable summarily or on indictment, to […]

  • Database

    Definition of Database In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Database : An organized collection of information held on a computer. Databases are usually protected by *copyright in the UK under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the EU Directive […]

  • Exhaustion of Rights

    Definition of Exhaustion of Rights In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Exhaustion of Rights : A free-trade principle which holds that, once goods are put on the market, owners of *intellectual property rights in those goods, who made the goods or allowed […]

  • Licensing

    The Licensing Act 2003 was one of the largest revamps in the United Kingdom licensing laws for half a millennium. The Licensing Act 1953 consolidating some of the previous law and 1964 producing a new Licensing Act which in 2005 passed into history At the end of 2005 the United Kingdom […]

  • Licensing

    The Licensing Act 2003 was one of the largest revamps in the United Kingdom licensing laws for half a millennium. The Licensing Act 1953 consolidating some of the previous law and 1964 producing a new Licensing Act which in 2005 passed into history At the end of 2005 the United Kingdom […]

  • Intellectual Property Rights

    Intellectual Property Rights in Contract Formation It is often advisable to include this term in any contract. In Pinsent Mason's words:Many commercial contracts include a clause stating who will own the intellectual property rights to any products provided under the contracts. This clause […]

  • List of Law Journal Articles Publication Frequency

    List of Legal Periodicals´ Articles Publication Frequency Title, Publication Frequency, American Business Law Journal, Quarterly, American Law and Economics Review, 2 issues per annum, Bar Review, 6 issues per annum, British Journal of Criminology, 6 issues per […]

  • List of England and Wales Case Law Reports

    England and Wales Primary Case Law Series England and Wales Primary Case Law The most authoritative current report series including the ICLR series and the All England Reports as well as historical series. , Coverage, Publisher, Full Text Available at:, , , , , […]

  • List of Courts

    UK Courts House of Lords Privy Council Supreme Court England and Wales Senior Courts Court of Appeal Crown Court High Court – Chancery Division High Court – Family Division High Court – Queen’s Bench Division England and Wales Subordinate and Other Courts County Court […]