The 19th edition of the leading practitioners’ text on copyright law, Copinger and Skone James on Copyright, has been published by @Sweet & Maxwell this December.

Two members of Chambers, Gwilym Harbottle and Nicholas Caddick KC, are editors of Copinger, alongside Uma Suthersanen of Queen Mary University of London.

A host of specialist editors, all experts in their field and covering particular industries, have contributed to this latest edition and are thanked in the preface.

Seven members of Hogarth, Becky Knott, Ben Longstaff, Kendal Watkinson, Laura Adde, Tom St Quintin, Jamie Muir Wood and Sam Carter, contributed updates to individual chapters and parts of chapters. Our clerks, Adam Homes, David Court, Clive Nicholls, John Davies, Natasha Vogt, and Ruben Kirin, are also credited and thanked for their assistance.

There have been a number of significant developments in copyright law since the 18th edition. To name but a few, this edition of Copinger grapples with the legacy of Brexit and the Retained EU Law Act 2023, covering the important trilogy of recent Court of Appeal cases which summarise the EU jurisprudence on subsistence of copyright (Wright v BTC Core, THJ v Sheridan, and Tesco v Lidl).

The 19th edition also considers the recent judgment Waterrower v Liking on works of artistic craftsmanship, and Shazam v Only Fools the Dining Experience on parody and pastiche. It includes a new section on the Interactive Entertainment industry and a new chapter on emerging technologies which covers generative AI, blockchain, NFTs, and the Metaverse.

The latest edition of Copinger is available online or in hard copy here from Sweet & Maxwell.