Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (United Kingdom)

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The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is the primary UK legislation governing copyright, design rights, and patents, setting out the legal framework for protecting intellectual property.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
copyright law ⓘ
administeredBy Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom) ⓘ
amendedBy Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 ⓘ
Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 ⓘ
Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 2014 ⓘ
Digital Economy Act 2010 ⓘ
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 ⓘ
appliesTo authors ⓘ
broadcasters ⓘ
performers ⓘ
producers of sound recordings and films ⓘ
publishers ⓘ
citation 1988 c. 48 ⓘ
containsPart Part I – Copyright ⓘ
Part II – Rights in performances ⓘ
Part III – Design right ⓘ
Part IV – Registered designs ⓘ
Part V – Patents, trade marks and other intellectual property ⓘ
Part VI – Miscellaneous and general ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines artistic works ⓘ
broadcasts ⓘ
dramatic works ⓘ
films ⓘ
literary works ⓘ
musical works ⓘ
qualifying works for copyright protection ⓘ
sound recordings ⓘ
typographical arrangements of published editions ⓘ
establishes unregistered design right in the United Kingdom ⓘ
governs collective management of copyright ⓘ
copyright ⓘ
database right ⓘ
design right ⓘ
moral rights ⓘ
performers’ rights ⓘ
rights in performances ⓘ
rights management information ⓘ
technological protection measures ⓘ
implements Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (as applied in UK law) ⓘ
EU copyright directives (various, as transposed before Brexit) ⓘ
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (as applied in UK law) ⓘ
introducedBy Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom) ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act to restate the law of copyright, with amendments; to make fresh provision as to the rights of performers and others in performances; to confer design right in original designs; to amend the Registered Designs Act 1949; to make provision with respect to patent agents and trade mark agents; to make fresh provision for the registration of trade marks; to make provision for the appointment of a Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
partiallyReplaced Copyright Act 1956 ⓘ
primaryPurpose to provide legal protection for copyright, designs and patents in the United Kingdom ⓘ
providesFor civil remedies for copyright infringement ⓘ
criminal offences relating to copyright infringement ⓘ
educational use exceptions ⓘ
fair dealing exceptions ⓘ
library and archive exceptions ⓘ
private copying exceptions (as amended over time) ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1988-11-15 ⓘ
sectionCountApproximate 300+ ⓘ
shortTitle Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ⓘ
subjectMatter intellectual property ⓘ
yearEnacted 1988 ⓘ

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Crown copyright → legalBasisInJurisdiction → Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 → shortTitle → Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ⓘ
linked to: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (United Kingdom)
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 → longTitle → An Act to restate the law of copyright, with amendments; to make fresh provision as to the rights of performers and others in performances; to confer design right in original designs; to amend the Registered Designs Act 1949; to make provision with respect to patent agents and trade mark agents; to make fresh provision for the registration of trade marks; to make provision for the appointment of a Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
linked to: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (United Kingdom)