Free IP Training for Businesses: "When is it OK to reuse other people's photos or other content?" Liverpool 11 Oct 2017
Whenever I get a lot of enquiries on the same topic from a particular location I offer a talk on the subject. I have recently had a lot of enquiries from Liverpool and the North West on "When is it OK to reuse other people's photos or other content?"
The issue can arise in many ways. Sometimes a copyright owner complains that copies of his photos appear on someone else's website without his permission and he wants to know what he can do about it. Other times, I find myself counselling a business owner who has received a bruising letter before claim demanding eye-watering sums of money by way of compensation and legal costs and far-reaching undertakings.
Before the launch of the small claims track of the small claims track of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in 2012, the question was often academic because the costs of copyright infringement litigation greatly exceeded the damages that were likely to be awarded. What has made it a live issue is the launch of an almost risk free low-cost small claims jurisdiction and the tendency of the courts to award serious monetary sums by way of damages such as the £10,000 awarded by Judge Birss QC in Hoffman v Drug Abuse Resistance Education (UK) Ltd [2012] EWPCC 2 (19 Jan 2012) or the £6,300 awarded by Judge Hacon in Absolute Lofts South West London Ltd v Artisan Home Improvements Ltd and Another [2015] EWHC 2608 (IPEC) (14 Sep 2015).
As the law on the topic is unclear I shall be giving a talk in Liverpool on 11 Oct 2017 between 16:00 and 18:00. I shall not charge for this training but space is limited so you register in advance, You can do so by clicking this link and filling in a simple online form. Looking forward to seeing you there.
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