In deciding last week that the ITC was wrong to reject a satellite operator’s acquisition of the listed away matches of the Danish football team in the World Cup, the Court of Appeal has drawn attention to the clear fault lines in the whole listings concept. The case arose because the Danish public broadcaster lost … Read more
The High Court decided on Monday that the pop singer Robbie Williams, along with his co-writer Guy Chambers and their publishers, infringed the copyright in a song written by the late Woody Guthrie and a parody of that song by Loudon Wainwright III. Deputy Judge Nicholas Strauss QC held that part of “Jesus In A … Read more
Introduction In the first part of this article we consider the general legal and regulatory restrictions on comparative advertising, which are largely matters of intellectual property and consumer protection. In the second part we will explore recent developments in competition law and examine the way in which remaining restrictions on comparative advertising in specific industries … Read more
Introduction In the first part of this article we consider the general legal and regulatory restrictions on comparative advertising, which are largely matters of intellectual property and consumer protection. In the second part we will explore recent developments in competition law and examine the way in which remaining restrictions on comparative advertising in specific … Read more
With all the media attention currently devoted to the EU Commission’s treatment of the proposed mergers of AOL/Time Warner and Warner/EMI, one might think that the Commission’s interest in the music business was confined to the determination of market share and the regulation of market power. However, judging by a little reported speech given by … Read more
