Copyright

Understanding copyright, rights management and licensing is essential for individuals and organisations reproducing, creating, sharing, publishing and commissioning content.

We offer a range of copyright services and support, from training, to project based consultancy, to fully outsourced support, all delivered by our team of some of the UK’s most experienced copyright experts.

We’ll help you understand how to remain legally compliant when using third party material as well as how best to protect and optimise your assets as set out in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and other related legislation.

Emilia Frost

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In-House Copyright Training

We offer in-house copyright training to help you up-skill your staff, build their confidence and support them to deliver an effective and improved service. We can offer our full selection of CPD UK accredited training courses online, face-to-face or hybrid. We can also customise training to support the operational work prioritised by your organisation.

The benefits of in-house training include:

Cost effective training to support up to 25 participants
Ability for staff to discuss organisational-specific issues
Q&A opportunities with the subject specialist trainer throughout the day
Small group discussion work
Comprehensive handouts to accompany the training
Learning at a pace to suit everyone
Networking opportunities in breaks
Dynamic and participant focussed training
CPD accreditation points bearing
Certificate of completion and digital badge

Copyright Audits

We will assess your organisation’s readiness to protect its copyright interests, optimise investment and ensure efficiency in terms of its management of rights. Our copyright audits include:

Risk audits
Copyright compliance assessments
Staff interviews and documentation (policies and procedure)
Report drafting and strategic planning
Board level reporting
Recommendations and next steps

Policies & Procedures

We specialise in supporting organisations to adhere to their legal obligations regarding copyright and other types of Intellectual Property Rights. We check, create policies and procedures and help you build knowledge and confidence to successfully exploit your assets. Our team help form coherent strategies at governance level leading to operational consistency.

Review and amendments of policy frameworks
New policy and procedure drafting and integration plans
Risk management policies and frameworks
Infringement policies and procedures
Notice and take down policies and procedures

Documentation & Systems

Our team will advise on the documentation and systems required for your legal compliance requirements as well as help you to optimise your intellectual property and data assets.

We create the documentation and systems that work alongside policies and procedures to ensure consistent best practice regarding IP management such as:

Strategic Development

Our team has unrivalled experience supporting the research and data communities in national and international initiatives related to copyright and other types of Intellectual Property Rights.

We have developed tools, research papers and resources focused on the interplay between research, data management and information law issues as well as licensing practices.

We provide expert advice on the use of technology in all aspects of the research lifecycle for the education, culture, heritage, libraries and information sectors. This service includes:

Intellectual Property Rights and licensing frameworks
Reporting on innovative models
e.g. Open Access and Creative Commons
Risk register reviews and risk audits
Staff consultations and organisational reviews
Training needs review and recommendations
National and international policy development work
Governmental policy lobbying
National and international training initiatives
Strategies and forward plans

Rights Clearance Support

We offer a comprehensive rights clearance service for organisations for items including text, archival content, images, audio and film footage. We offer on-demand advice for all rights queries and have unrivalled experience, knowledge and research resources to resolve the most complex rights projects. The service includes:

Guidance documentation for risk management and rights clearance strategy (copyright status, due diligence, orphan works and appetite for risk)
Rights clearance procedures
Rights identification and research
Tracing and negotiating licences
Tracing rights holders and reasonable searches
Orphan works analysis and advice
Checking privileged sources of information
Risk assessments where clearances have not been sought
Drafting template letters and forms

Commercial Licensing

We can develop a commercial licensing strategy for you and highlight potential areas for commercial development. We would provide the steps you need to put in place to get there, indicate possible partners, the potential registration of IP and then work with you to bring this all to fruition.

Our service will help you to recognise and activate the value of your IP, as part of your broader commercial strategy. This could include the identification of new revenue opportunities, new products and partnerships, market assessments (local, regional, national and global) as well as raising brand awareness.

Our services include:

Advice about the strategic use of of your IP assets, familiarising ourselves with the collections you hold, and auditing their commercial potential.
Collaborate with you and your teams to analyse potential licensing opportunities.
Research and identify potential partners, consistent with your organisation's brand values and positioning.
Conduct an assessment of the licensing market (global) and competitors.
Support you to develop a 5 year business case, with quantifiable targets and KPIs.
Support you to gain organisational buy-in for new business from key internal stakeholders.
Assist you in costing the resources required to deliver your business plan.
Review how you might resource the delivering your business plan, for example, outsourcing.
Advise on general IP and licensing issues, including trade marking and contracting partners.

Out-Sourced Copyright Support

We will undertake a copyright support role for your organisation, utilising some of the UK’s most experienced copyright experts. This flexible service can be purchased for one, or shared across several, organisations. It includes:

Access to a confidential email enquiry ‘help desk’
Contract checking and IP clause drafting
Supporting the management of copyright infringements
Rights clearance services
Development of copyright policies and procedures
Monthly staff copyright newsletter
Access to copyright resources and templates
Training and communications for relevant stakeholders

We pride ourselves on becoming an extension of our clients’ teams, providing guaranteed response times when working remotely to queries.

If you’d like further information about our Out-Sourced Copyright Support, book a meeting here with one of our team.

Regular support services

We can provide you with regular, cost effective copyright, data protection and licensing support.

Emilia Frost