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Bird & Bird in an international law firm that is well-known for its strategic focus on industries being disrupted by technology. While we do not practice US law, we have unrivalled expertise in advising on matters ranging from smaller innovative projects to some of the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes of recent years in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

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 On 14 September, Jonty Warner, a Senior Associate in our IP Department, was interviewed about this story on the radio station talkSPORT, as part of the ‘Hawksbee and Jacobs’ show. Jonty discussed Pogba’s trade mark applications as well as other footballers’ efforts to protect their personal brands. You can listen to the clip here. The post Jonty Warner interviewed on talkSPORT radio station about Paul Pogba’s trade mark filings appeared first on mediawrites.law.…
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A trade promotion is an activity which includes an element of chance, or mixed skill and which is conducted for the purpose of promoting goods or services provided by a business. Examples of trade promotions includes promotions where entry is made with an entry form, with no skill required and the prize is drawn from a barrel, or promotions where the skill is not able to distinguish a winner (e.g. fill in the missing letters Bird &…
Richard Bush’s article, available here, examines the approach of requiring mandatory reporting of child protection and safeguarding concerns in sport, and looks specifically at: the pros and cons of mandatory reporting; the main issue for sports governing bodies to consider, including to which individuals should the proposed duty attach? what behaviour should be subject of a duty to report? which individuals should be protected by the proposed duty? whose behaviour should be subject of…
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The proposed lawsuit, which has been reported in the press this week , is reportedly led by former Cardiff City and Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade and the Global Sports Data and Technology Group, which is a company he co-founded. Slade has indicated that the players have no issue with football clubs using their personal data. Instead, he is quoted as saying that the claim intends to target third party companies who utilise and ultimately…