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Should clients own rights to pitch ideas?
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29 January 2016Brinsley Dresden has been quoted in an article by Campaign which discusses the issue of intellectual property ownership in creative pitch scenarios. The piece focusses on the Science Museum’s process of paying £1,000 to own the IP of any ideas pitched by potential bidders.
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KitKat trademark battle: Nestlé v Cadbury
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29 January 2016James Sweeting has authored an article for The Times which discusses the High Court’s recent decision in Nestlé’s ongoing attempt to register the four-fingered KitKat bar as a UK trade mark. In the article, James explores the balance between allowing businesses to monopolise well-known aspects of their brand and the extent to which this could stifle fair competition.
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Lewis Silkin advises StoryFirst on joint venture with Pinewood Group plc
Deal
26 January 2016Lewis Silkin has advised StoryFirst PST Limited, the independent media investment company on its joint venture with leading provider of studio and related services to the global film and television industry, Pinewood Group plc.
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Lewis Silkin welcomes Baroness Neville-Rolfe to Brand Academy 2016
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25 January 2016Lewis Silkin was delighted to welcome Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE CMG, the Minister for Intellectual Property, as the keynote speaker at our flagship brand event Brand Academy 2016 - “The Power of Brands - Opportunity or Threat?” on 21 January 2016.
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Court of Appeal has no appetite for salami slicing
25 January 2016Without prejudice privilege is founded upon public policy. It serves to encourage litigants to settle their differences. Its effect is to exclude all negotiations genuinely aimed at settlement (whether oral or in writing) from being referred to at trial. Solicitors will often head negotiating correspondence “without prejudice” yet protection is not dependent upon use of the label. It is often misused and arises automatically in appropriate circumstances. So what happens when no label is used and attendees of a meeting later disagree as to its status?
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Is the ASA killing native advertising?
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22 January 2016Brinsley Dresden has authored an article for Marketing Magazine which discusses the Advertising Standards Authority's recent decision relating to an advertorial on BuzzFeed and the impact the ruling may have on the use of native advertising.
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What’s obvious to some is not obvious to all: Supreme Court espouses a conservative approach to implied terms
18 January 2016“Rent” is what a tenant pays to occupy premises – agreed? So you might think it was “obvious” that a tenant shouldn’t pay rent for any period after the tenancy terminates – e.g. in circumstances where a tenant validly terminates the lease early. If you think that, you were in good company and indeed many landlords would voluntarily reimburse rent paid for the period after the termination date even where the lease did not expressly require this. Why? – because it was it was the right thing to do, obviously!
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BBC's strictly formats future
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15 January 2016We have written an article for C21Media discussing the increasing financial pressure on the BBC to reduce its dependence on the licence fee.
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Lewis Silkin advises New Bamboo on its sale to thoughtbot
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14 January 2016Lewis Silkin has advised New Bamboo Web Development Limited, the web-based software development company on its sale to international software development and design company thoughtbot.
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European Court rules bosses can monitor employees' private messages on WhatsApp and other messaging services
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14 January 2016Michael Burd comments in The Independent on the decision made by The European Court of Human Rights allowing companies the right to monitor workers' emails.
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Watchdog criticises BuzzFeed for misleading readers
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13 January 2016Brinsley Dresden has been quoted in an article by the Financial Times which examines the Advertising Standards Authority's ruling that BuzzFeed misled its readers by showing them paid advertisements that looked like news stories.
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Company directors could face prosecution if they break redundancy rules
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12 January 2016Michael Burd and James Davies discuss the risk associated with employers who flout redundancy procedures.
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Lewis Silkin advises SYSTRA on acquisition of JMP Consultants
Deal
07 January 2016Lewis Silkin has advised SYSTRA Group, the world leader for public transport infrastructure on its acquisition of one of the UK’s leading transport consultancies, JMP Consultants Limited.
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Premier League: Football's game changer
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02 January 2016Karish Andrews has been quoted in an article by the Financial Times which examines how England's Premier League is attracting US investors who believe that even the smaller clubs can be profitable.
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A year of flops and firsts
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24 December 20152015 has been a year flops and firsts for the UK legal profession, writes Fergus Payne for The Times.
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Happy Birthday song copyright goes public: How one of history's most expensive birthday gifts was finally returned
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12 December 2015James Sweeting has been quoted in an Independent article on the copyright of the song 'Happy Birthday' going public.
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Law firms team up with myGwork LGBT network
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11 December 2015Geraint Lloyd-Taylor and Alan Hunt have been quoted in an article by Attitude on Lewis Silkin's partnership with myGwork LGBT network.
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Lewis Silkin advises SCUTUM Group on merger with Orion Security Solutions
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11 December 2015Lewis Silkin has advised SCUTUM Group, the France-based safety and security solutions company, on its merger with Oxford-based electronic security and fire safety specialists, Orion Security Solutions.
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Happy Birthday's copyright goes public: How one of history's most expensive birthday gifts was finally returned
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11 December 2015James Sweeting has been quoted in an article by The Independent which looks at the recent legal dispute around the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday To You'.
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Comment: Amazon cases reveal transatlantic trade mark contrasts
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10 December 2015Simon Chapman writes an article for Essential Retail on the legal implications of online marketplaces offering competitor's products when searched items are not in stock.