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Racism in Sport: Options Paper
By Nick Fitzpatrick
Over recent years, there have been a number of examples of racism in sport, and as a global law firm we understand that these issues are...
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Solicitors Regulation Authority investigates 40 suspected ‘SLAPPs’
By Elizabeth Bingham Duncan Calow
The SRA is investigating 40 suspected cases of ‘SLAPPs’ – Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation – brought to its attention...
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Women in sport celebrated in Women's Hour Powerlist 2023
By Claire Sng
How fitting that the Woman's Hour Power list for this year is celebrating outstanding women in sport.As they say in introducing the...
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Online Safety Bill arrives at the House of Lords
By Ally Clark Duncan Calow
On 25 January 2023, the Communications and Digital Committee held a one-off session, with Paul Scully the Minister for Tech and Digital...
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The Playlist: #1 "Power"
By Ally Clark
Kanye West’s “Power” at the centre of a High Court dispute over royalties payable on the sample of King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid...
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IP OWNERSHIP – Part 2 – employee generated IP – some useful factors for employers to consider
By Claire Sng Elizabeth Bingham
On Friday 23 December 2022, the UK Patents Court handed down an early Christmas present: a 651 paragraph judgment on the topic of IP...
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Ownership of IP – Part 1 – Fairness of Uni IP policies and enforceability challenges based on consumer protection
By Claire Sng Elizabeth Bingham
As we embrace 2023, it is worth reflecting on a UK decision handed down over the Christmas period, last year, which raises some...
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What do John Cage, Zippy and Mr Humphries have in common?
By Alex Lowe Ally Clark Sam Churney
Here's wishing you a belated Happy New Year from three of DLA Piper’s copyright enthusiasts. As many readers of this blog will know, 1...
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What is motorsports doing to end the 30-year wait for the next female competitor in Formula 1?
By Zoë Stainton
Records were smashed last summer when 17.5 million fans in the UK watched England’s women’s football team win the European Championship,...
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Event (6 February, London): Navigating the present and future of the gambling sector: Web 3.0
By Euan Scott
Gambling regulatory regimes are in a constant state of change, but they need to now face the pace of innovation that is rapidly...
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Further amendments to the Online Safety Bill not ruled out: Parliament battling over the scope and detail of the Online Safety Bill
By Ally Clark Duncan Calow
It has been reported that forty-eight Conservative MP’s (including former Conservative Party leader, Sir Ian Duncan Smith, and former...
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Sponsorship, attendance and broadcast revenue all rising rapidly in women's sport...
By Ally Clark
Cameron Wagner of Elevate Sports Ventures, in this excellent Forbes article on the World's Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2022, says:
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Online Marketplaces can be held liable for third-party trademark infringements - CJEU decides
By Gabriele Engels
The CJEU has issued a decision in two joined referrals, stipulating which factors should be considered in determining whether an online...
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Sports betting licenses are open in Hungary
By Viktor Radics
From 1 January 2023 Hungary introduced an open sports betting licensing regime. This article summarizes the main licensing and financial...
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The return of the Online Safety Bill
By Ally Clark Duncan Calow
The draft Online Safety Bill (the Bill), the Government’s flagship proposal for legislation regulating online content (…originally...
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Hare-brained scheme: Why the AI tortoises will inevitably lose the race…
By Gareth Stokes
“Slow and steady wins the race.”  All of us will have heard a multitude of variations on Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and the hare. The...
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DLA Piper’s women in sport makes herstory!
By Hannilee Fish
DLA Piper’s women in sport initiative made herstory by hosting Millie Bright, England and Chelsea defender, for their first in person...
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