27 Feb, 2020 A happy marriage is better than a Brief Encounter - in advertising, as well as in the movies By Brinsley Dresden The Incorporated Society of British Advertising (ISBA) had its annual conference today (27th February) and I left with one clear message:...
27 Feb, 2020 Influencers in Portugal under Investigation By Ricardo Henriques Back in June 2019 we referred that the General Directorate of Consumer Affairs (DGC), a public entity of the Ministry of Economy in...
27 Feb, 2020 Drake's Sampling is a Fair Use By Brian Murphy In the early 1980s, Jimmy Smith, an American jazz musician of some renown, recorded the album Off the Top, consisting of six instrumental...
26 Feb, 2020 Brexit’s Impact on European Union Trademarks By Jeffrey Katz The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) on January 31, 2020 after mutual ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, thus...
26 Feb, 2020 Webinar – Asia Pacific Social Media Year in Review By Justina Zhang Social media has already revolutionized the marketing landscape, and continues to change every year. Traditional advertising laws have...
25 Feb, 2020 GALA Recognized by Chambers Global for Thought Leadership By Jeff Greenbaum In the 2020 edition of Chambers Global, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance was ranked "Band 1" for advertising. Chambers wrote,...
23 Feb, 2020 Is the Influencer Landscape Going to Change? FTC Seeks Public Comments on Its Endorsement Guides By Allison Fitzpatrick Paavana Kumar The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a review of its "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in...
23 Feb, 2020 FTC Aims to Shake Up Endorsements, Seeks Public Comment on Its Endorsement Guides By Len Gordon Melissa Steinman By Ellen Berge, Chris Boone, Melissa Steinman, Alex Megaris, and Shahin Rothermel The FTC has issued a Proposed Notice requesting public...
23 Feb, 2020 Infringement by ReTweet? By Brian Murphy When you retweet - using functionality built into Twitter's platform that is fundamental to how Twitter works - can you be held...
21 Feb, 2020 One Year of Advertising Case-Law: An Overview and a Look to the Future By Donata Cordone Fabiana Bisceglia Analysis of the decisions issued in 2019 by the bodies of the Italian Advertising Self-Regulatory Institute In 2019, the bodies of the...
21 Feb, 2020 Legal Perspective on COVID-19 Outbreak’s Influence on Advertising Industry By Justina Zhang The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), which has yet to peak, has already had a significant impact in China on a macroeconomic...
20 Feb, 2020 Key Takeaways from GALA´s Webinar on Cannabis Advertising By Ricardo Henriques As we have learned from GALA's Webinar, cannabis advertising is a global challenge due to the diverse regulatory approaches in different...
20 Feb, 2020 Drip Pricing: StubHub Enters into $1.3M CAD Consent Agreement with Canadian Competition Bureau By Kelly Harris On February 7, 2020, StubHub Canada Ltd. and StubHub Inc. (collectively “StubHub”) entered into a consent agreement with the Competition...
19 Feb, 2020 Let Go of My LEGOs: Copyright Protection for Plastic People By Brian Murphy LEGODallas. We would have vicious fights over who got to use the little LEGO man with a cowboy hat (we only had one) to play J.R. Ewing....
17 Feb, 2020 I Scream, You Scream: Museum of Ice Cream Vindicated in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit By Brian Murphy Defendants operate the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up, immersive experience with ice cream-themed rooms through which guests can roam and...
17 Feb, 2020 Advertisement Groovy Time: It Surely Isn’t 4:20 By Triana Uribe & Michelsen Ltda Juan Uribe Colombia has accepted the production and commercialization of cannabis as medicine, due to its proven beneficial effects, especially...