Firms using unlicensed software targeted in intellectual property clampdown

Small businesses caught using unlicensed software will face stiff financial penalties, including compensation payments to software developers, if planned reforms outlined within a recently published report are implemented.

The Treasury-commissioned Gowers Review, which was published on 6 December, made a number of suggestions to improve the UK’s IP framework.

The report argues that ideas and intellectual property or ‘knowledge capital’ are at the foundation of the UK&r... (453 more words)

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