Community Support Resources
The Speculative Invoicing Handbook (Second Edition)
A must read! This handbook presents a concise summary of speculative invoicing information in a very readable format. Probably the best place to start to get a grasp of what speculative invoicing is all about. Released in early December 2012 this is a revised and expanded version of the 'classic' Speculative Invoicing Handbook from 2009. It's grown by a dozen pages since its earlier version. Those pages do appear mostly to be additional information plus a short appendix. The 'letter of denial' template also seems to have been updated and is a little longer but better suited to the GEIL cases.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/115443516/The-Speculative-Invoicing-Handbook-Second-Edition (link opens new window)
The Speculative Invoicing Handbook (First Edition)
This handbook (from 2009) gathers together much of the speculative invoicing information which is generally available but in a very readable format, and so that you don't have to spend several weeks of your life ploughing through the content that's online. It hasn't been updated since it was released (other than the release of a couple of one additional chapter - see below) and some of the information may not be directly applicable to the GEIL cases but it is still well worth a read and probably the best place to start to get a grasp of what speculative invoicing is all about.
http://torrentfreak.com/static/The-Speculative-Invoicing-Handbook.pdf (link opens new window)
The Speculative Invoicing Handbook (1st Ed): Bonus Chapter: (Not) Replying to a Questionnaire
This is the bonus chapter to the first edition of the Speculative Invoicing Handbook, mentioned above. This chapter seems not to have been included as a part of the second edition, probably as it was mostly relevant to ACS:Law cases, but it's left here as a link for completeness.
http://bit.ly/bonusquestio (link opens new window)
Legal Information
Practice Direction - Pre-Action Conduct
This document provides the structure for 'pre-action' conduct in civil claims. In other words it tells the claimant (GEIL) and the respondent (you, if you're a letter recipient) what, legally, you ought to do before any court-issued claim is started (if, indeed, one ever is). The relevant pages are 7-9 inclusive.
http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/pdf/practice_directions/pd_pre-action_conduct.pdf (link opens new window)
Practice Direction - Intellectual Property Claims (Civil Procedure Rules Pt 36)
This document sets out the specifics of how civil claims concerned with intellectual property should operate within the court system. It is primarily a set of obligations on the part of the claimant.
http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/pdf/practice_directions/pd_part63.pdf?temp-new-window-replacement=true (link opens new window)
