Protected rights
13 September 2012
The laws of copyright are being changed and tested in court and by a series of European Union directives. Susan Singleton rounds up the key developments
Every business will encounter intellectual property rights, as these crop up in software licences and patents, for example. The practical aim of registering rights as patents, for example, is to protect and enforce rights and ensure that no third parties’ rights are breached. But rights can also be held in your own contracts or plans. Copyright in...