Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright

A smart contract isn’t really a contract – it is simply a bit of self-executing code, according to Paul Sweeting. “It’s not the equivalent of a contract of sale or a license contract that is written down by lawyers and signed by both parties and notarized,” he says.

Fashion & IP: A Good Fit

Following fashion is essential to some and may seem silly to others, yet fashion brands are economic powerhouses and barometers of social change.

Saving Copyright for UK Authors & Publishers

In June, the UK’s Intellectual Property Office announced it will look at changes to the exhaustion of intellectual property rights. Essentially, exhaustion of IP rights is a limit on the control that copyright holders and others have over physical distribution of their works, such as books, in markets around the world.