Jessica Stretch
Jessica is senior intellectual property lawyer with over 10 years of experience, advising on all aspects of trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs and domain names. Her practice covers contentious and non-contentious IP with a particular focus on brand clearance, anti-counterfeiting and digital media.
Jessica works as a freelance IP lawyer, primarily with technology companies including eBay and King. She began her career as an IP litigator at Osborne Clarke LLP and Kemp Little, followed by a professional support role at LexisNexis UK.
Practice Area
Panels
- Consulting Editorial Board
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2006
Membership
- INTA (International Trade Mark Association)
Education
- BBP Law School, PgDL & LPC
- Oxford University, BA Hons
4 Contributions by Jessica Stretch
PRACTICE NOTES
Commercial use of photographs in the UK: copyright, sourcing and licensing (stock/CC/AI), permitted acts, moral rights, model releases, and special risks (celebrities, Royal Family, children, trade marks, panorama)
This Practice Note provides guidance on legal issues arising from the commercial use of photographs
This Practice Note sets out guidance on legal matters that arise when photographs are used commercially. As photographs sit at the heart of many commercial ventures, businesses should adopt a cautious approach to securing and exploiting the necessary rights.
It covers:
photography and copyright law
sourcing photographs
key considerations when negotiating licence agreements
special categories of photographs
The Note is written on the basis that a business directly commissions a professional photographer. In many instances, an external agency will be instructed and will then engage a photographer; the same considerations will usually apply. See also the government’s Copyright notice: digital images, photographs and the internet.
Alongside the intellectual property issues discussed in this Note, photographers and others using or otherwise processing photographs must also ensure compliance with the following, which are not the focus of this Note:
data protection law, where the photograph constitutes personal data—see Practice Note: Data protection and the creative industries and, for an introduction to UK data protection law bringing together key practical guidance, see: UK data protection law collection
laws relating to the
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PRACTICE NOTES
Fonts and Typefaces in the UK: IP Rights, Licensing, Sourcing and Compliance for Commercial Use
Typography sits at the heart of a brand’s identity; choosing a distinctive typeface helps a company stand out from competitors. Many organisations adopt or commission a specific typeface for use across print and digital channels to drive consistency and support a recognisable brand. This Practice Note offers legal and practical guidance on fonts and typefaces. It addresses the following areas:
Definitions of fonts and typefaces
Intellectual property (IP) rights in fonts and typefaces
Sourcing fonts and typefaces—legal considerations, typical licence terms, and common issues when obtaining fonts and typefaces
Fonts and typefaces—definitions
The difference between the words font and typeface matters from a legal perspective (see the section on ‘IP protection’ below), though in everyday use they are frequently treated as the same.
Typeface
A typeface is a collection of letters, numerals and characters designed with a consistent, particular style that determines how text looks. Times New Roman is a familiar example. In Lish v The Northern Block, the judge characterised a typeface as a body of individual glyphs forming a language system—such as an alphabet, numbers and punctuation marks—where each character may appear in multiple glyphs, representing upper and...
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PRACTICE NOTES
Joint ownership of IP in the UK: principles across patents, copyright, designs and trade marks; pitfalls, drafting of joint ownership agreements, alternatives, and checklist
When collaborators join forces on creative projects or research and development, knotty questions arise about who owns any resulting IP. Joint ownership can appear a straightforward and equitable answer where efforts were shared and the contributions cannot be disentangled. Yet, without careful thought about how jointly created IP will be owned, organised and exploited, parties may face legal traps, practical hurdles and limits on full commercialisation. In the great majority of cases, it is preferable to put in place an express agreement on joint ownership of IP rather than depend on the default legal position...
This Practice Note provides an overview of the law on joint ownership of IP (also known as co-ownership, used interchangeably in this note):
Implied joint ownership—basic principles
Implied joint ownership—risks and obstacles
Joint ownership agreements—key considerations
Alternatives to joint ownership of IP
Summary—joint ownership checklist
A working knowledge of IP law is assumed. For background to the IP rights covered in this note, see: IP essentials—overview...
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PRECEDENTS
Model Release: Irrevocable, transferable licence to exploit photographs; individual waiver of image and moral rights; data processing acknowledgement (England and Wales)
From: [ insert name and address of individual ] To: [ insert name and address of photographer ] Date: [ insert date ] This permission concerns the photos of me captured on [ insert date ] at [ insert location and/or event name ] (‘ Photographs ’)...
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