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The Sound Of Ownership: Why AI Voice Cloning Is Raising New IP Questions
As AI voice cloning technology becomes increasingly sophisticated and accessible, the Save Our Voices Now campaign calls for statutory rights allowing individuals to own and control their voice as intellectual property. This article examines whether existing UK law sufficiently protects one of our most personal and recognisable attributes, exploring copyright, trade marks, passing off, and the practical steps individuals and businesses can take.
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Ashfords LLP
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Royalties On The Rails: Distinguishing Trust Capital And Income For Tax Purposes
Finally, the court considered the case of PL Travers Will Trust v HMRC [2014] SFTD 265, which concerned the tax treatment of royalty payments under the will of PL Travers, author of the Mary Poppins series. This had found that part of the receipts from the author’s copyrights had been income but only in relation to a specific period in which the trustees had been responsible for the exploitation of the copyright. This was not the case here.
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Stewarts
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Peppa Pig Owners Granted Broad International Injunctive Relief Against Wolfoo
The High Court of England & Wales has granted an unusually broad injunction in favour of Peppa Pig's owners after finding that the animated children's series Wolfoo infringed copyright in Peppa Pig sound recordings. Expert analysis identified matching audio clips across a representative sample of approximately 30,000 Wolfoo videos, leading to international injunctive relief requiring removal of infringing content and prohibiting future uploads across multiple jurisdictions.
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Burges Salmon
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Blocking Copyright Risk: What The CJEU's Anne Frank Geo-blocking Ruling Means For Publishers
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark ruling on geo-blocking measures in copyright protection, specifically addressing the Anne Frank case. This decision establishes new standards for what constitutes effective technological measures to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted content across different jurisdictions. The ruling provides crucial guidance for publishers and content providers on implementing 'state of the art' geo-blocking solutions that satisfy legal requirements f
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Lewis Silkin
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Technical Function In Designs – Decathlon V Delta-Sport And Chiaro V Mayborn
The General Court of the European Union upheld Decathlon's registered EU design for its EASYBREATH full-face snorkelling mask against a technical function challenge, while the UK High Court found Chiaro's Elvie breast pump design had narrow infringement scope after excluding technical features. These contrasting outcomes reveal how the exclusion for designs dictated solely by technical function can dramatically affect protection scope, even for products designed to fit the human body.
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Boult Wade Tennant
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