Copyright in Works Created by Employees - Penhallurick v MD5 Ltd.
Author Evan-Amos Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Wikipedia Hard disk drive Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon) Penhallurick v MD5 Ltd [2021] EWHC 293 (IPEC) (15 Febr 2021) This was a dispute between MD5 Ltd., a leading digital forensics company, and Michael Penhallurick, its former employee, over ownership of the copyrights in 8 works that relate to a technique called virtual forensic computing ("VFC"). The action was brought by Mr Penhallurick, the author of those works. He claimed copyright in the works and alleged that they had been infringed by MD5. MD5, for its part, claimed to own the copyrights and counterclaimed for copyright infringement and breach of contract. Copyright in Works created by Employees Questions on who owns the copyright in literary and artistic works created by employees are asked frequently in my IP clinics and occasionally in formal instructions even though they rarely get as far as trial....