“The High Court has recently awarded £450,000 in damages to a successful claimant in a dispute about unregistered design rights in clothing. Unregistered design rights in the UK are a unique right that often catch designs that fall outside the scope of copyright protection. Whilst the underlying acts of infringement in this case relate to unregistered design rights, this decision on damages will be equally applicable to disputes concerning copyright as the principles which are applied are the same …” (more)
[Jeremy Blum and Sean Ibbetson, Kluwer Copyright Blog, 19 April]
First posted 2022-04-19 16:00:08
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