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Cross-Border Copyright Licensing, Law and Practice
View PDF Authors: Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series Brigitte Lindner

Edited by Carlo Scollo Lavizzari and René Viljoen, Lenz & Caemmerer, Basel, Switzerland

Contributors: A. Apostolidis, H. Blignaut, L. Chung Nian, K. Golish, P.G. Granados, E. Hochstadt, B. Kalra, B. Lindner, R. Lukyanov, T. Misra, J.B. Nordemann, T. Pattloch, S. Rab, A. Risely, D. Solorio Nocetti, W.S. Strong, K. Sysoeva, K. Tsuru 

Copyright Licensing can no longer be considered purely from the perspective of the licensor’s home territory. This practical and wide-ranging reference work provides comprehensive coverage of the law and practice of cross-border licensing in a number of major territories, including China, the EU, India, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, and the USA. The book, written by expert authors with insight from practice and from their home jurisdictions, focuses on both copyright licensing and competition law and, specifically, the inter-relation between these legal fields.  The book is uniquely structured to provide both thematic coverage and detailed analysis of each territory’s applicable laws and regulations, highlighting and addressing the legal issues that are most critical in and relevant to licensing practice.

Cross-Border Copyright Licensing is an essential starting point for anyone considering or advising on the implementation or enforcement of a copyright licensing program, in either developed and emerging markets.


Commercial Litigation in Anglophone Africa
Authors: Juta Publishing

Commercial Litigation in Anglophone Africa covers the law relating to civil jurisdiction, enforcement of foreign judgments and interim remedies in Anglophone Africa.  The authors are Andrew Moran QC and Anthony Kennedy.

The book sets out in one place, in most cases for the first time, the law of sixteen Anglophone African countries on the subject areas mentioned above. 

The text is available for purchase in the UK and US through Amazon. For UK purchase on Amazon please click here


How builders can banish the covenant problem
View PDF Authors: New Law Journal Andrew Francis

Andrew Francis offers advice in his article published in New Law Journal on 1 June 2018 on s84 applications and how to overcome the barrier of restrictive covenants.


Creating a culture of competition - Hong Kong’s competition regime two years on
View PDF Authors: CSj - The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries


Court Asserts How Jersey Law Applies in Trust Cases
View PDF Authors: Wealth Briefing

A senior UK legal body has given advice in a major, long-running Guernsey litigation case involving a Jersey trust.  The article explains its significance.  


Rights of retention
View PDF Authors: New Law Journal

Kathryn Purkis analyses the transfer of trusteeship & what it means for the survival of a lien 


Contentious Trade Mark Registry Proceedings
View PDF Authors: The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Michael Edenborough KC

Contributors: Dan McCourt Fritz, Gareth Tilley, Thomas Elias, Sophie Holcombe, Adil Mohamedbhai & Adrian de Froment

This book sets outs primarily to answer those queries that a new trade mark attorney might have about contentious proceedings; in particular, it covers all the basics of pleadings, evidence and presentation of a case before the registry and on appeal to the Appointed Person. It also seeks to provide a little thought for the more experienced practitioner, and to that end it deals with some more sophisticated points. As it approaches the issues of contentious proceedings from first principles, this book will be of interest to solicitors and patent attorneys as well. 

The author and contributors are all members of Serle Court who have practices in intellectual property, and in particular in trade marks, passing-off, copyright and designs. The juniors have additional expertise between them in related chancery and commercial matters such as insolvency, company, partnership, trusts, contract and fraud work.

The work is published by CITMA: the cost to CITMA members is £164.95, otherwise it is £194.95, including postage and packaging. It can be ordered directly from CITMA.


Circumventing Schmidt v Rosewood: a beneficiary’s right to disclosure under Data Protection legislation
View PDF Authors: Trusts & Trustees, Published by Oxford University Press. Sophie Holcombe

This article considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 74 regarding a beneficiary’s right to obtain disclosure of information in relation to a Bahamian trust from the trust’s English lawyers. It will address the extent to which this decision erodes Schmidt v Rosewood principles of disclosure to beneficiaries and aims to provide some practical guidance to trustees faced with a subject access request under Data Protection legislation.


GDPR: Implications for Trustees and Personal Representatives
View PDF Authors: Practical Law Private Client

A guide to the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (GDPR) for trustees of private trusts and personal representatives of deceased estates.