Peter Richard Kyle Prescott KC (born 23 January 1943) is an Anglo-Argentine barrister and was a Deputy High Court Judge of England and Wales, and a specialist on the law of copyright.
He was educated at St George's College, Argentina, Dulwich College and University College London, where he gained a BSc, followed by an MSc from Queen Mary College.
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1970 and was made a bencher in 2001. As a Deputy High Court Judge, he has heard a variety of intellectual property cases, including "CFPH LLC's Applications" (2005), which sought to bring the [[Software patents under United Kingdom patent law|United Kingdom practice] concerning [[patentable subject matter]] more into line with that of the [[European Patent Office]].
Prescott is regarded as one of the foremost authorities on copyright law in the United Kingdom. "Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria - The Modern Law of copyright and Designs", a leading copyright text in the United Kingdom, bears his name alongside [[Sir Hugh Laddie]] and Mary Vitoria QC.
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