Copyright and database right

11 South Square offers extensive experience and expertise in the enforcement of copyright and related rights, including database rights, performers’ rights and moral rights. Our members have acted in a number of significant copyright cases, typically turning on detailed enquiries into the authorship, ownership or copying of creative works ranging from computer software to hit records.

From a copyright perspective, members have appeared in cases involving literary, musical and artistic copyright, often for high-profile clients. This has included acting for musicians, artists and architects as well as for clients in the fashion and textile industry. Further, members have substantial technical expertise and experience acting in disputes which concern technical matters of literary copyright in computer software and source code and have experience in obtaining website blocking injunctions.

In addition to proceedings before the English courts, we are also able to represent clients before the Copyright Tribunal.

Members have also appeared in leading cases concerning database rights, including on live football data, and act regularly in ex-employee cases involving database rights.