2018
- L. Bently, "The Design-Copyright Conflict in the United Kingdom: A History", in Derclaye (ed) The Copyright-Designs Interface (CUP, 2018) Ch 6, 171-225.
2012
- L. Bently, "The Return of Industrial Copyright?" (2012) European Intellectual Property Review pp. 654-67.
1997
- L. Bently, "The UK's Forgotten Utility Model: The Utility Designs Act 1843", with B. Sherman, (1997) 3 Intellectual Property Quarterly pp. 267-78.
- L. Bently, Visuality and Textuality in Nineteenth Century Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property Forum (Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand) (Issue 29, May 1997) pp. 28-33.
1996
- L. Bently, "Requiem for Registration? Reflections on the History of the The UK Registered Design System" in A.Firth (ed), Perspectives on Intellectual Property Vol 1: The Prehistory of Intellectual Property Law, (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1996) pp. 1-48.