Intellectual property

Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, did not reproduce ideas from an earlier work in his best-selling novel, the Court of Appeal has ruled in Baigent v Random House Group.

Are television rights protectable in the UK? Lindy Golding and Penelope Thornton report

Is the Gowers review destined to languish in a drawer? Jeremy Drew and Georgia Warren report

Laurence Kaye considers the impact of the Gowers review from the perspective of UK copyright

Anna Caddick argues that if their Lordships allow OK!’s appeal, the law of commercial confidence will be stretched beyond recognition

A recent European Court of Justice ruling provides useful guidance on what constitutes misleading advertising, says Helen Hart