17th September 2012 | marketinglaw

WOMMA releases updated social marketing disclosure guide
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
The Chicago-based, social marketing industry body has published a refreshed version of guidelines covering product endorsements on Twitter and much more. Stephen Groom analyses and compares with the UK equivalent.…
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Was client solicitation ban enforceable?
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
Len Coppage signed an employment contract banning him, for six months after leaving, from soliciting the business of any customer of his employer (Safetynet Security/”SS”). Len left SS and soon…
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Was “free sample” free?
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
TropiCleanse apparently “contains a blend of 100% natural ingredients that enable the body to flush out toxins, harmful parasites and impacted waste from the colon, leaving it cleansed and detoxified.”…
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Stakeholder tension mounts over cookie law enforcement
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
Frustration is growing amongst cookie law compliance product providers that the “cookie consent” law does not seem to be being enforced. But maybe all cookie users are already complying. Or…
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Social gaming risks
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
“Playing a game of chance for a prize” without a licence from the Gambling Commission is an offence under the UK Gambling Act 2005. Note the absence of a “bet”…
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New ICO Guidance on deleting personal data
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
For the first time, the UK data protection watchdog has published guidance on deleting personal information. Archiving data and putting it beyond use are also covered, as well as how…
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Join the “Data Gold Rush”
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
At 6 pm on 2 October 2012, Osborne Clarke launches a ground-breaking white paper on the key legal and compliance challenges of “Big Data”, what the future holds for stakeholders…
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Estate agents in “Fine” brand mess
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
Established in 2001 and with a registered trade mark, “Fine & Country” provided a marketing vehicle for estate agents. They were not best pleased when the “Fine” estate agents group…
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Dublin Supreme Court bread pack bake-off
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
In McCambridge Ltd vs Joseph Brennan Bakeries, rival bakeries fought over allegedly confusing packaging which, McCambridge said, passed off Brennan’s wholemeal bread as a McCambridge product. But were the similarities…
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Digital business 16 October update now booking
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
Lisa Ball, Director of Consumer Legal Affairs at Everything Everywhere, guest presents on “Leveraging social media & UGC” at this in-depth session looking also at recent telecoms regulation developments and…
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Can Bavarian law firm name clients’ opponents on its website?
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
A Bavarian law firm is famous for its porn industry clients, but the problem here was naming on its website the individuals’ names it acted against on behalf of those…
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Camelot tilts at “Health Lottery”
Written Osborne Clarke on 17 Sep 2012
National Lottery operator Camelot sought judicial review of the Gambling Commission’s refusal to review local authority licensing for the “Health Lottery” run by Express Newspapers’ Richard Desmond. Does the verdict…
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