19 Feb, 2024 Where now for online safety? The Online Safety Act and Ofcom’s consultations By Rory Coutts Fred Cascarini Following the Online Safety Act receiving Royal Assent on the 26th October 2023, the UK has taken a decisive step in requiring providers...
07 Feb, 2024 Nordic Gambling Update 2024: Sweden By Jonathan Wikström Technological advancements continued to develop the gambling market in 2023, while regulators and authorities intensify their efforts to...
05 Feb, 2024 Nordic Gambling Update 2024: Finland By Maria Karpathakis Interesting things are happening in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Our Nordic Gambling team looks back at what has happened in 2023 and...
24 Oct, 2023 Women’s Sport Series: What next for women in esports By Alex Shkurka alexWhat progress has been made? It is well-known that esports has traditionally been considered a male dominated industry, with...
14 Sep, 2023 Ireland – the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 – Hot Topics: Children & Advertising By Aideen Mahon Deirdre Kilroy Georgina Parkinson A recent report by the Institute of Public Health, in conjunction with TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, has published findings...
18 Aug, 2023 Attention-seeking behaviour a no-no for privacy: Stoute v News Group Newspapers upheld by the Court of Appeal By Laura Gray The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision in a misuse of private information claim that an injunction should not be...
21 Jul, 2023 Don’t get played – consumers can claim refunds for games and in-game purchases where pre-purchase information is missing By Sophie Stoneham If you’re a business selling video games and in-game content to UK and EU consumers, it’s important that you understand how 14-day...
12 Jul, 2023 Better data from metadata in the UK music industry? A look behind the streams By Naji Tilley On 31 May 2023, the UK Intellectual Property office (UK IPO) published the “UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata”. The...
13 Jun, 2023 Hand Built by Robots: AI-generated music is on the rise By Dan Breen Toby Bond The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is causing concern among various music industry stakeholders. In the...
08 Jun, 2023 Plot twist: Rebekah Vardy registers trade mark ”WAGATHA CHRISTIE” after losing libel case By Freddie Eastwell The phrase “Wagatha Christie”, claimed to have been coined by Dan Atkinson in a viral tweet sent back in 2019, has been a buzzword in the...
22 May, 2023 Sport in focus: What opportunities and challenges does the metaverse hold for intellectual property? By Will Deller Freddie Eastwell Nick Cowen nickThe Metaverse continues to attract significant attention across a range of industries. Rapid technological developments, propelled by...
03 May, 2023 High Stakes: Gambling White Paper By MediaWrites Editorial On 28 April 2023, the government published the long-awaited gambling white paper, titled ‘High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital...
24 Feb, 2023 Changing Attitudes: British Gambling Commission acknowledges the threat of the black market to vulnerable customers By Elizabeth Dunn In a keynote speech given by Tim Miller at ICE 2023, the Gambling Commission of Great Britain acknowledged the threat of unlicensed...
17 Feb, 2023 UKIPO proposals to TDM exception will not be proceeding By Harry Ferguson Toby Bond UK government announces that UKIPO proposals to introduce TDM exception will not be proceeding. On 1 February 2023, George Freeman MP the...
12 Dec, 2022 MediaWrites Party 2022, Panel discussion recording By MediaWrites Editorial Fad or future: which innovations are here to stay? Virtual events, NFTs, the Metaverse, Web3, Crypto… Everyone is talking about these...
02 Nov, 2022 The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) has finally been published in the EU Official Journal By Francine Cunningham The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) was finally published in the EU Official Journal on 27 October 2022, which marks the end of its...