{"id":20669,"date":"2023-05-23T20:47:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/part-1-trade-marks-and-image-rights-part-2-existing-protection-in-uk-law-20-marks-new-developments-in-uk-legislation-and-case-law-and-developments-in-other-jurisdictions-25-marks\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:47:17","slug":"part-1-trade-marks-and-image-rights-part-2-existing-protection-in-uk-law-20-marks-new-developments-in-uk-legislation-and-case-law-and-developments-in-other-jurisdictions-25-marks","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/part-1-trade-marks-and-image-rights-part-2-existing-protection-in-uk-law-20-marks-new-developments-in-uk-legislation-and-case-law-and-developments-in-other-jurisdictions-25-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 1 trade marks and image rights; Part 2 existing protection in UK law (20 marks); new developments in UK legislation and case law and developments in other jurisdictions (25 marks);"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please read the file attached as it is the assigment brief<\/u><\/b>. Please do not exceed the 3000 word limit<\/b>. Please wirte it in British academic style with Harvard references.
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You
\nshould provide a well-structured essay, in two parts to answer each of the two
\nquestions, with full references including case law and statutory references
\nwhere necessary. The Harvard system should be used for referencing, journals
\nand online sources. Case law and statutes used should be underlined or put in
\nitalics or bold in the body of the essay. 
\n<\/span>Case law should be properly referenced in your bibliography and
\nreferences e.g. <\/i>The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd. v Meltwater Holding
\nBV and others [2011] EWCA Civ 890. <\/span>Grammar and spelling should be
\ncorrect. The essay must not exceed 3000 words in total and you should write
\napproximately 1500 words on Part 1 and 1500 words on Part 2. Your bibliography
\nis not included in the total word limit of 3000 words.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Marks
\nawarded for presentation, grammar and referencing: 10 marks<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Part 1(<\/span><\/u><\/b>45 marks):<\/span><\/b> of this
\nessay asks you to provide bespoke advice to a client, in this case a band. You
\nshould advise the band on how they might be able to legally protect the name of
\nthe band and the band\u2019s logo, and the potential for protecting their image
\nrights. You should also advise on any problems they may have protecting their
\nname and logo. You should also provide practical advice<\/u> on what steps
\nthe band can do to protect their name, reputation, goodwill and image. This
\nsection should certainly involve reference to the Trade Mark Act of 1994 as
\nwell as<\/span><\/p>\n

relevant
\ncommon law protection and protection offered in Europe. Recent case law should
\nbe used as should case law from other jurisdictions on potential image
\nrights. 
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 -Should include evidence of the basis on application of Trade Marks (Trade Mark Act of 1994) and ‘Image Rights’;<\/span><\/p>\n

-Should include relevant common law protection and protection offered in Europe. Recent case law should be used as should case law from other jurisdictions on potencial image rights.
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Part
\n2(45 marks)-<\/span><\/u><\/b> of this
\nessay firstly asks you explain how sound recordings and songs are currently
\nafforded copyright protection by copyright law in the UK, primarily under the
\nCDPA 1988. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The
\nquestion also asks you to comment on how copyright is applied in the digital
\nage, especially with regard to the internet. You should explain the new
\nprovisions of the Digital Economy Act and comment on the cases specifically
\nreferred to. These cases are \u2018Meltwater\u2019 (The
\nNewspaper Licensing Agency Ltd. v Meltwater Holding BV and others [2011] EWCA
\nCiv 890); \u2018Newzbin2\u2019 (<\/span>Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp & Others v
\nBritish Telecommunications Plc <\/i>[2011]
\nEWHC 1981 (Ch))<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In
\naddition to UK statute law and UK case law, there have been a number of recent
\ninternational cases concerned with the infringement of copyrights and other
\nrights in the digital age and you might finds these useful to illustrate your
\nanswer. You might want to briefly comment on some of these cases; RIAA v Napster [2000]<\/i>, MGM v Grokster [2005] and EMI v MP3Tunes
\n[2011]<\/i> in the USA; and the \u2018Pirate Bay\u2019 case in Sweden. You can use other
\nexamples.<\/span><\/p>\n


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-Should include evidence of the existing protection in UK Law of Copyright;<\/span><\/p>\n

-Should include evidence of the new developments in UK legislation and Case Law developments in other jurisdictions;<\/span><\/p>\n

-Should include analysis of the remedies available to the court.
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