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UK Copyright deep-dive launched in partnership with Lexology Panoramic

20 October 2025

We're excited to share the release of our UK copyright chapter for Lexology's copyright panoramic which covers 40 FAQs across 13 jurisdictions. This guide remains a trusted resource for navigating today's legal and policy landscape across industries. Here is our summary of the key issues covered, with links to the full panoramic.

Copyright and AI

The question of whether use of copyright works to train AI models infringes copyright is one of the most important issues for UK copyright creators, users and practitioners. The UK government ran a consultation at the start of the year seeking input on a number of options that attempt to strike a balance between AI developers being able to use copyright works when training models, and the rights of copyright holders (read our related HL article here). Following the consultation AI and Copyright Working Groups were formed (read our related HL article here) and the outcome of the consultation is highly anticipated (read our related Practical Law article here).

Copyright protection and design right protection

The overlap between copyright protection and design right protection is another important concern for rightsholders across industries, including fashion and furniture design, with UK cases like WaterRower (read our related Practical Law article here) highlighting the conflict between the EU and UK approaches to protection for functional items. The UK IPO is also currently consulting on wide-ranging changes to the UK designs framework following Brexit, including the overlap between copyright and designs (read our related HL article here).

Our UK chapter for the Copyright Panoramic is a deep dive into the UK copyright framework, including these topics and many more, such a online and digital regulation; extraterritorial application; role of centralised copyright agencies; protectable works and rights; ownership and transfer; copyright duration, renewal and extension; infringement (liability, remedies, and prevention); relationship to foreign rights; relationship to international copyright conventions; and recent trends.

The Copyright Panoramic enables side-by-side comparison of UK insights against local insights from 13 jurisdictions, including China, France, Italy, Japan and USA.

Access the Lexology UK Copyright Panoramic guide here

Reach out to us for more details on how these issues affect your business. From transactions and counseling to enforcement, litigation, and the most cutting-edge issues in Artificial Intelligence, our team of copyright lawyers advise and advocate at the forefront of copyright law. We understand the nuances and complexities of copyright and are at the front line of its evolving landscape. World-leading technology, fashion, media, broadcasting, sports, music, publishing, and gaming companies turn to our connected global team of copyright lawyers for cutting edge solutions across the full spectrum of copyright issues.

Whether surrounding user-generative content, software / database rights, AI, streaming, fair use or moral rights, if it's copyright, we've got it covered.