BTO's Music & Creative Industries Team
On 29th July 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment (click here for full judgement) in response to a referral from the German national courts on the sampling of part of a 1977 Kraftwerk song, “Metall auf Metall”. In a long running claim by two members of Kraftwerk against German …
Sampling in the music industry – a hard Kraft to masterRead More
As with many areas of law and regulation in the UK, the current intellectual property regime is heavily regulated by European legislation. Brexit will have a significant impact on this area over the coming years and some changes will be significant. Businesses will need to take steps to ensure protection of their intellectual property rights, …
Paul Motion considers the new law on Unjustified Threats in relation to intellectual property actions. Threatening to sue for alleged infringements of trade marks, design rights and patents could spectacularly backfire. Under the old law any person who was “aggrieved by” an “Unjustified Threat” to bring such proceedings could themselves sue the person making that …
