Copyright Counsel

What This Involves

Copyright questions are almost always ownership questions. Who created the work, under what arrangement, and what was actually transferred. We advise clients on where their rights genuinely sit and on the gaps that commissioning arrangements, employment terms and informal collaborations tend to leave behind. We advise on authorship and ownership, on the drafting of assignments and licences, on the treatment of works created by employees and contractors, and on enforcement where a work is reproduced or exploited without authority.

How We Advise

We establish the chain of title first, because enforcement built on a weak ownership position fails. We then advise on the strength of the client's claim and the enforcement or commercialisation routes available.

When to Instruct Us

When commissioning creative work. When acquiring a business whose value sits in its content. When a work is copied. When a collaboration ends and ownership is contested.