Intellectual property

If you own the UK copyright in something (e.g. a photo) and someone has infringed it, this letter can help stop any further infringement. It will also demand information to help you work out:

• the full extent of the infringement, and
• how much (if any) compensation you might want to seek.

You can use it if someone has copied all or a substantial part of your work without permission, or if someone is doing something with a copy made by someone else (e.g. selling, hiring, offering, distributing or exhibiting it).

For the purposes of this letter, the work must fall into either of these categories:

• Artistic works: e.g. photographs, paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, structures, graphic designs, logos
• Literary works: i.e. anything (with some exceptions) that is written, spoken or sung. E.g. novels, short stories, poems, song lyrics, but also things like articles, design specs, reports, plans, computer programs, tables/compilations or (in some cases) databases.

You can't use this letter in relation to:

• Dramatic works (e.g. a play script or screenplay)
• Musical works (e.g. a musical score)
• Sound recordings, films or broadcasts
• Typographical arrangements of published editions.

You also can't use it if you have a licence (i.e. permission) to exploit the copyright in a work, but aren't the owner.

Intellectual property (IP) rights refer to rights which are the result of intellectual effort. They include trade marks, designs and copyright.

This document can be used to grant a licence for the use of IP rights in connection with the supply of specified products or services (licensed products). The IP rights may be:

• all IP rights that exist in relation to specific copyright works that have already been created (e.g. copyright in literary works or photographs); and/or
• specific IP rights (e.g. particular registered or unregistered trade marks or designs, or pending applications for trade mark or design registration).

You can use it if you're the person licensing the rights (the licensor) or the person being given the use of them (the licensee).

You can use it to license non-UK rights. However, local laws may affect the licence in non-UK countries and there may be extra requirements or formalities. You should get local legal advice.

This document replaces and expands the functionality of the documents Trademark licence agreement and the Photographer's agreement as to the use of his or her work.

This document records an agreement between a photographer and a model in relation to a session where the photographer will take photos of the model.

The agreement gives details of when and where the photo session will take place. It ensures that any photographs taken will be the photographer's property.

There are options for allowing the photographer to use the photos in whatever lawful way they choose, or to limit their use for specific purposes.

The model agrees not to make any complaint or claim about how the photos are used (as long as they're used in line with this agreement).

Intellectual property (IP) rights refer to rights granted to people and organisations over "creations of the mind". They include trade marks, designs and copyright.

You can use this document to assign (i.e. transfer):

• all IP rights in specific materials (documents or physical items) that have already been created (e.g. copyright in literary works or photographs, or unregistered design rights); and/or
• all future IP rights in materials that may be created during work done on a particular project (e.g. wedding photography or videography, or a commission to paint a portrait); and/or
• specific IP rights (e.g. particular registered trade marks or designs, or pending applications for trade mark or design registration).

You can use it if you're the person transferring the rights (assignor) or the person receiving them (assignee).

You can potentially use it to transfer non-UK rights. However, local laws may affect the transfer in non-UK countries and there may be extra requirements or formalities. You should get local legal advice.

This document replaces and expands the functionality of the document Transfer of copyright in photographs.

This document produces a mutual non-disclosure agreement (mutual NDA) which allows two parties to protect confidential information when they are negotiating a joint venture. If negotiations fail, the agreement will help to protect information from being made public. Care must be taken to ensure that the information which it is intended to keep confidential is marked as being confidential. Please note that in order for this agreement to be enforceable in the UK courts, at least one of the parties needs to be resident in the UK.

This document produces an agreement which allows one party (the discloser) to reveal to the other (the recipient) information which the discloser considers to be confidential. It is mainly designed for situations where the recipient is considering investing in the discloser and therefore needs to evaluate confidential information. In situations where there is a joint venture, where both parties need to protect their confidentiality, our "Mutual non-disclosure agreement" should be used instead. Please note that in order for this agreement to be enforceable in the UK, the discloser must be resident in the UK.