IN DEPTH
Get your house in order before sweating assets
Naomi Korn outlines the latest challenges in data protection and copyright ahead of the CILIP Copyright Conference.
UNCERTAINTY has probably increased since the 2019 CILIP Copyright Conference. So, as institutions and companies prepare for a volatile 2020 – whether it be Brexit or Coronavirus related, what are the copyright and data protection challenges they face? According to Naomi Korn, many are seek- ing to be more adventurous in putting their assets to work, but also more cautious in the face of legal and fi nancial uncertainty. Naomi, who runs Naomi Korn Associates, – which specialises in copyright, licensing and data protection – has put together the agenda and chairs the 2020 CILIP Copyright Conference. She said: “With the current uncertainty, we think that the big issues for the likely audience of the conference are:
l Making the most of their assets.
l Understanding what they have, what they can use, why and how?
l Operating in an environment which is nei- ther too risk adverse nor too cavalier about risk so that they can achieve an appropriate balance between legal compliance on the one hand and pragmatism on the other.”
Client concerns
“Our clients have been very interested in the development of the Copyright Directive and the way it might impact their work in the UK,” Naomi says, adding that “there was an unexpected u-turn by Government recently” when Chris Skidmore, Ex Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, recently stated: “[T]he United
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Naomi Korn (
naomi@naomikorn.com @nkorn) of Naomi Korn Associates, specialises in copyright, licensing and data protection. She is also co-author of soon-to-be published Facet book, Information Law.
https://naomikorn.com/
Kingdom will not be required to implement the Directive, and the Government has no plans to do so... any future changes to the UK copyright framework will be considered as part of the usual domestic policy process.” Naomi says: “This is a signifi cant develop- ment, though the Directive may still yet come into force in UK law at some point.”
Sweating assets
Despite this uncertainty many intellectual property (IP) professionals will be looking at what risks they can take and how they can make the most of their IP assets. “Intellectual Property (IP) exploitation has been a huge part of our work in 2019 and early 2020” Naomi says, adding: “There is pressure for many of the organisations we support to make more of the assets they have. Indeed there are opportunities for such organisations to commercially exploit the assets they develop to a greater degree but oftentimes we fi nd that organisations must fi rst ‘get their house in
March 2020
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