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Following a bust-up with Smirnoff Vodka, those controlling the rights in an iconic photo of Ché Guevara have recently turned their attentions to advertising in France.   Topic: Copyright Who: Diana Diaz-Lopez and…

Having offered his cartoon concept ‘Trusty and friends’ to ITV as the basis for a cartoon series, Mr Miles thought ITV’s later series ‘Dream Street’ starring a yellow recovery truck…

Celeb artist Andy Goldsworthy’s case against Habitat and its agency over chairs in giant snowballs has been settled out of court. We report on the deal and the implications.  …

Following an EU Directive, there have been some changes to UK copyright law. We report on these, focusing on tweaks to the ‘fair dealing’ defence to copyright infringement.   Background:…

When Habitat recently tried to strike out a claim against it over ads featuring chairs coming out of melting snowballs, the judge didn’t think the claims were as watery as…

Courtesy of our Global Advertising Lawyers’ Alliance colleagues, Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein and Wood in New York, we report on an extraordinary case in which an IOWA artist/poet got a…

Why was the Writers’ Guild recently encouraging its members to be very wary of ‘copyright registration’ websites? We look at how to copyright protects material and the myth of registration.…