Jan 31, 2023 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...
Jan 30, 2023 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...
Jan 25, 2023 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...
Jan 25, 2023 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...
Jan 25, 2023 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...
Jan 23, 2023 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...
Jan 18, 2023 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...
Jan 16, 2023 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...
Jan 09, 2023 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...
Dec 23, 2022 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...
Dec 13, 2022 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...
Dec 09, 2022 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...
Nov 29, 2022 All I want for Christmas is the exclusive right to use... By Alex Lowe Hang on, those aren’t the lyrics. Correct. It’s not even December, but I’d assumed people would be sick of hearing the real ones by now...
Nov 15, 2022 Women in sport vlog series: Developments in women's pro cycling By Mary Foord-Weston In this vlog, I talk about the inaugural “Tour de France Femmes”, which took place this year, and the history of the women’s Tour. It’s...
Nov 14, 2022 Key topics and takeaways from the 2022 Masters of Advertising Law conference in Florida By Claire Sng I share my thoughts on key themes from the 2022 Masters of Advertising Law Conference in Florida; picking up on advertising issues...
Nov 09, 2022 ASA Crackdown on Alcohol Ads By Linzi Penman Euan Lumsden In the first six months of 2022 the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) made three rulings on the topic of ‘alcohol’. This jumped to...