Below is a selection of publications and guides produced by our Publishing group for clients and contacts in the publishing sector.

our credentials document

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  • Publishing service credentials document - an overview of our experts, experience and how our services can help you

digital publishing

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  • Digital publishing - confused about how to respond to the digital challenge? This guide outlines how our digital publishing services can help you.

employment handbook for publishers

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  • These employment guidelines have been produced by the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) in conjunction with Blake Lapthorn. They cover such issues as the employment status, pre-employment checks, changing contractual terms, family friendly issues, equal opportunities, discrimination, dismissals and grievances and much more.

a guide to plagiarism and the law

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  • A guide to Plagiarism and the law. This guide covers such things as the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement, the legal consequences of plagiarism and how publishers can handle plagiarism without running into bigger problems of libel, privacy and human rights infringements

art and copyright

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  • Written by our partner Simon Stokes, this book is the first text to specifically examine in detail the intellectual property rights protecting artistic works and artists’ rights generally in the United Kingdom. The focus is on the UK but where appropriate other relevant jurisdictions are discussed.

digital copyright

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  • Also written by our partner Simon Stokes, this book was the first UK text to examine digital copyright together with related areas such as performers' rights, moral rights, database rights and competition law as a subject in its own right.

 

For further information please contact Elaine Heywood, head of Blake Lapthorn solicitors' Publishing group on elaine.heywood@bllaw.co.uk or call 023 8085 7124.

To sign up to receive Publishing group updates, please contact Ian Binns at ian.binns@bllaw.co.uk or call him on 01865 254267.