In what is believed to be the first Employment Appeal Tribunal decision involving Twitter, the EAT has held that an Employment Tribunal failed to fully consider the public nature of Twitter when finding that a dismissal for posting offensive tweets was unfair. Mr Laws was employed by Game Retail Limited (Game) as a risk and … Read more
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ban on Topshop selling a sleeveless t-shirt bearing the image of the singer Rihanna that had been produced without her consent. The t-shirt, originally sold in 2012, featured a photograph of the singer taken by an independent photographer during a video shoot for her hit single “We Found … Read more
Photographic competitions have become increasingly popular in recent years thanks to the boom in digital photography and the ease with which photographs can be communicated via the internet. They can be very effective as promotions, but the copyright issues which they raise need to be dealt with appropriately to minimise legal and PR risks. Don’t … Read more
