Copyright infringement—remedies

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Practice notes

Copyright infringement—remedies

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Practice notes
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This Practice Note covers the remedies available for copyright infringement.

The remedies available in cases of copyright infringement are generally the same as those available for all IP right infringement. For further detail, see Practice Note: Civil and criminal remedies for intellectual property infringement.

These are:

  1. •

    injunctions (interim and final)

  2. •

    Damages or an account of profits

  3. •

    Delivery up, destruction and seizure

  4. •

    Declaratory relief

  5. •

    Dissemination and publication of judgment

  6. •

    Other interim relief

  7. •

    Costs

  8. •

    Interest

This Practice Note also provides some explanation of remedies for infringement of moral and performance rights, concurrent rights, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) and criminal offences. For further detail on:

  1. •

    moral and performance rights, see Practice Notes: Moral rights and Performers’ rights and rights in performances

  2. •

    the IPEC, see Practice Notes: Intellectual Property Enterprise Court—practical points on case management and Intellectual Property Enterprise Court—costs capping in practice

  3. •

    criminal offences, see Practice Note: Copyright criminal offences

Injunctions

One of the most important remedies for a copyright owner is an injunction. Injunctions may be prohibitory

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Key definition:
Copyright definition
What does Copyright mean?

Any property right over certain creative works, which grants exclusive right to the owner.

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