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Remedies for UK Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright: Injunctions, Damages or Account of Profits, Delivery Up, Publication, Costs, Declaratory and Interim Relief, Unjustified Threats and Criminal Sanctions Post‑Brexit

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This Practice Note primarily addresses the civil remedies available for infringement of trade marks, design rights and copyright in the UK, drawing on statute and the common law. The remedies include injunctions; damages or an account of profits; erasure, delivery up or destruction of infringing goods and the tools or materials used to produce them; dissemination of judgments; and recovery of costs.

It also considers declaratory relief and interim measures, together with contempt of court for non-compliance with orders, and civil restraint orders. In addition, it reviews the relief obtainable in claims or counterclaims alleging invalidity, revocation or making unjustified threats, and deals with practicalities such as drafting the order, addressing new technologies and evaluating settlement. The Note also touches on remedies concerning criminal offences related to trade marks, designs and copyright. Matters relating to patents are not covered. For guidance focused on patents, see Practice Note: Remedies in patent proceedings.

Trade marks, designs and copyright

Trade marks, designs and copyright are categories of personal moveable property. Their legal character dictates the remedies available under English law for infringement, with various outcomes set out in legislation and/or supplied by the common law...

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