Insights & News

Protecting your reputation via your legal and regulatory rights

Inbrief

05 April 2015

“The exercise of restraint over the media by means of the threat and/or use of all available legal and regulatory mechanisms” - The deinition of Meda Management

TRADER ALERT: Consumer Law Changes - Are You Ready for 13 June 2014...?

Inbrief

19 May 2014

If you trade with consumers, you should read on! The (somewhat indelicately named) Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations come into force on 13 June 2014. They implement part of the Consumer Rights Directive and contain important changes.

Guernsey Image Rights

Inbrief

26 September 2013

Famous sportspeople, entertainers The Bailiwick of Guernsey, the small British Crown dependency in the English Channel known as an offshore tax haven, has achieved a ‘world first’ by establishing a unique registered image rights regime.

A New Era for Consumer Rights

Inbrief

19 September 2013

It has long been recognised that UK consumer law is not clear enough. Even the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) website says it is out of date, confusing and incomplete.

Software apps and patent trolls: Should you be afraid?

Inbrief

01 February 2012

For a very long time there has been a debate as to whether software is better protected by copyright or by patents.

Ambush Marketing

Inbrief

20 November 2010

With businesses at times paying many millions to associate themselves with an event it is not surprising that their competitors engage in ‘ambush marketing’.