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The (New) Balance in sponsorship matching clauses
Posted: 17/01/2020
Last week Liverpool Football Club announced its multi-year partnership with Nike as official kit supplier from 2020-21. Since 2015, New Balance had held the title of kit supplier but the relationship had broken down culminating in a dispute in the English courts......>>
Data protection by design and by default: new guidelines
Posted: 06/01/2020
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released new draft Guidelines 4/2019 on the obligation of data protection by design and by default as set out in Article 25 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679/EU (GDPR)......>>
Make no concessions: Ocean Outdoor v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Posted: 22/11/2019
A recent Court of Appeal case (Ocean Outdoor UK Limited v The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham [2019] EWCA Civ 1642) has clarified the distinction between services concession contracts, regulated under the public procurement regime, and other commercial arrangements entered into by local authorities......>>
Brexit implications for cross-border contracts and data flows with UK parties
Posted: 11/11/2019
With the latest Brexit deadline now confirmed as 31 January 2020 and a no-deal Brexit remaining a possibility, both overseas and UK businesses (which may include UK subsidiaries of multinationals) should review their key cross-border contracts......>>
Whyte Bikes v Rich Energy - lessons from the Haas F1 Team sponsor’s copyright dispute
Posted: 30/09/2019
On 14 May 2019, Judge Melissa Clarke handed down her judgment in a copyright dispute between ATB Sales Limited (trading as Whyte Bikes) and Rich Energy Limited, energy drink producer and title sponsor of the Haas Formula One Team, concerning the two stag logos depicted below.

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Brexit Readiness Fund
As a membership organisation you will be considering the effects of Brexit on your members. Are you aware that the Government has launched a Brexit Readiness Fund?......

Publishing update - November 2015
In this issue: We look back at some of the key cases and legislation that have affected defamation and copyright law in the UK over the past year.

Commercial and IP update - September 2014
In this issue: The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 became law on 17 July, having been controversially pushed through Parliament within three days amid much media coverage.

Commercial and IP update - April 2014
In this issue: In the recent case of Shearman v Hunter Boot Ltd, the High Court did not allow the principal (Hunter Boots Ltd) to rely on a clause that, on termination of an agency, entitled its agent to either an indemnity payment or compensation payment on the basis of which was the 'cheapest' option.

Commercial and IP update - December 2013
In this issue: The UK has introduced a fast-track, low cost procedure for trade mark oppositions on relative grounds, which will be welcomed by all businesses seeking to protect their rights in the UK market.

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