Articles & Updates
Don't Fall at the Olympic Marketing Hurdle
Date: 14 March 2012
Publication:
Service: Commercial; Intellectual Property; Creative, Digital and Media; Press Centre
OLYMPIC fever is gripping the nation with many marketing and brand managers seeing a real opportunity to take advantage of the biggest sporting event to hit the nation for decades. ...
Press Complaints Commission to shut its doors after 21 years
Date: 14 March 2012
Publication:
Service: Commercial; Creative, Digital and Media; Press Centre
We recently reported important changes to the Editors’ Code of Practice that were designed to increase the role of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) in disputes relating to press content. ...
The new Defamation Bill and internet publications – a fairer deal for defendants?
Date: July 2010
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
On 27th May 2010, Lord Lester introduced a private members bill in an attempt to reform the current libel law. It is widely recognised that the current libel law is outdated, ...
The digital economy act – what you need to know
Date: July 2010
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
The Digital Economy Act (the Act) was passed on 8 April 2010 during the parliamentary "wash up" session with just 2 hours of debate in the House of Commons. Only a ...
WIPO announces that it is to provide dispute resolution service for TV formats
Date: July 2010
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
In April this year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that it would provide alternative dispute resolution services in conjunction with the Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) in ...
Landmark decision in defamation case
Date: July 2010
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
Many readers will have been following the highly publicised defamation claim that the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) brought against science writer, Dr Simon Singh.Dr Singh had written an article ...
When is editorial an advert?
Date: December 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
In an adjudication concerning Express Newspapers and Goldshield Limited ("Goldshield") the Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") has considered in detail when an "advertorial" should be ...
Royalties or residuals payable for digital channel repeats
Date: December 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
In a recent High Court ruling, it was decided that repeats of a programme on the digital TV channels ITV2 and ITV3 would not result in the payment of the ...
Are search engines liable for defamatory content?
Date: December 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
The High Court was required in July this year to consider for the first time the liability of a search engine operator for potentially defamatory material which was displayed in ...
Victory for a consumer against British Gas in a “David & Goliath” legal battle relating to harassment
Date: July 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
Defamation and harassment often go hand in hand and February 2009 saw a landmark decision in harassment cases when Ms Ferguson was told that she could sue British Gas for harassment ...
When is humour and satire defamatory?
Date: July 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
Case Report: Sir Elton John v Guardian News & Media LimitedOn 12 December 2008, Mr Justice Tugendhat handed down his judgment in this case. Sir Elton John had sued Guardian News & ...
Putting Viewers First? - Ofcom Public Service Broadcasting Review
Date: July 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
On 21st January 2009, Ofcom issued its report in response to its second review on Public Service Broadcasting, "Putting Viewers First", which had been brought forward as a result ...
Parents’ rights upheld in privacy photography case
Date: July 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
This case, decided by the European Court of Human Rights (the "ECHR"), is an important case in the advancement of the law of privacy. The case concerns the ...
Privacy update – the Max Mosley case
Date: July 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
Back in our Autumn issue, we covered the recent case of Max Mosley v News Group Newspapers Limited [2008]. [http://www.pannone-services.com/Subscription-Management/documents/celeritas/Autumn-2008.htm] At that time, ...
How compliant is digital media?
Date: June 2009
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
ASA compliance report - the digital media industryThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published its annual report regarding its assessment of the compliance rate of online and digital media advertisements ...
Royal Privacy Complaint
Date: October 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
This edition and the Spring 2008 edition of Celeritas report on developments in privacy law and their impact upon the celebrity sphere. The profile of privacy law has continued to grow ...
Max Mosley v News Group Newspapers Limited
Date: October 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
On 24 July 2008, Mr Justice Eady, sitting in the High Court, delivered his judgment in the above case.The parties Max Mosley was the Claimant in the litigation. Mr Mosley has ...
Potter reaches privacy pinnacle
Date: October 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
David Murray, the five year old son of Harry Potter author JK Rowling, won a landmark Court of Appeal ruling in May establishing that the law protects the children of ...
Damages awarded for defamatory Facebook posting
Date: October 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
On 24 July 2008, Matthew Firsht, the Managing Director of Applause Store Products Limited, a company which provides audiences for television programmes such as Big Brother, The X Factor and Top Gear, ...
Product placement: should the ban be lifted?
Date: October 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
A recent European Directive, the Audio-Visual Media Services Directive 'AVMS' (which came into force in December 2007), allows European Union Member States the opportunity to relax their rules regarding product placement ...
The ‘Tapas Seven’ - an update
Date: April 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
There have been a number of high profile defamation and privacy cases in the press recently. On 16th October 2008, a statement in open court was made in proceedings for defamation ...
Public Service Broadcasting – Time for a review?
Date: April 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
ITV executive chairman, Michael Grade, has claimed that the quota that requires 25% of ITV's programmes to be made by independent production companies should be scrapped on the basis that ...
Press Complaints Commission
Date: April 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
The Press Complaints Commission ("the PCC") is the independent body which deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines. Here, ...
ASA Adjudications on Comparative Adverts
Date: April 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
In the current economic climate, with consumers becoming increasingly conscious of their day-to-day expenditure, many companies are reviewing their existing marketing strategies and making increasing use of comparative adverts, directly ...
Ad nauseam – unavoidable advertising looms large
Date: April 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
Technology first entered the battleground of television advertising when video recorders enabled unwilling viewers to fast-forward through commercial breaks in recorded programmes. However, following a recent announcement by ITV, it ...
Case update: Seaga v Harper [30 January 2008]
Date: March 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
Edward Seaga was the former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party. At a meeting in 1996 attended by the media, Mr Seaga discussed the impending appointment of a commissioner of police ...
Using celebrities to endorse products: What not to do!
Date: March 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
One of the easiest ways to enhance the value of a brand is to use a celebrity as the face of an advertising campaign. Take, for example, Gary Lineker for ...
Copying CDs to be legal?
Date: March 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
The Government has thrown its weight behind proposals to modernise the law of copyright to enable private individuals to transfer music and other forms of media from one format to ...
Developments in the law of Privacy
Date: March 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
UK law has arguably struggled to keep apace of modern cultural developments in respect of the right to privacy. The rise and rise of "the celebrity", and the ...
Yellow card for bloggers?
Date: March 2008
Publication: Celeritas
Service: Creative, Digital and Media
Social networking websites have experienced phenomenal growth in recent years, although many users fail to appreciate that the comments they post remain subject to existing libel laws. Fans of Sheffield ...