31 Jan, 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...
31 Jan, 2023 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...
30 Jan, 2023 Online Safety Act: 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...
25 Jan, 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...
25 Jan, 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...
25 Jan, 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...
23 Jan, 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...
23 Jan, 2023 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,...
18 Jan, 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...
16 Jan, 2023 Online Safety Act: 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...
13 Jan, 2023 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:
11 Jan, 2023 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...
11 Jan, 2023 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...
09 Jan, 2023 Online Safety Act: 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...