This article discusses the legal status of links, in connection with the pending cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Svensson, C More and BestWater. Hyperlinks, deep links, framed links and embedded links are discussed. It focuses on the Opinion of the European Copyright...

The FA Premier League (“FAPL”) runs the Premier League, the leading professional football league competition for football clubs in England. FAPL’s activities include commercially exploiting the associated broadcasting rights. In maximising the value of the broadcasting rights to its...

In 1992, Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), a statute designed to prevent the further spread of state-sponsored sports-wagering. The statute’s language has the effect of granting a property right to sports leagues, implicating the Constitution’s...

Trade mark grabbing. It happens a lot. Anywhere. Anytime. This article discusses the most recent developments in European Trade Mark Law for preventing cross-border trade mark grabbing. It outlines the current state of play in Europe on when right owners are able to invalidate bad faith trade...

Article on the most recent developments in European Trade Mark Law for preventing cross-border trade mark grabbing. The article outlines the current state of play in Europe on when right owners are able to invalidate bad faith trade mark applications on the grounds of earlier use. It discusses...

This note considers the decision of the Irish High Court in Re Prendiville (1992) which dealt with the enforcement of half-secret trusts. It confirms, in a case where the point arose for decision, that Irish law rejects “the prior acceptance rule” favoured in the English cases. The judgment...

As the modern workplace increasingly adopts technology, that technology is being used to surveil workers in ways that can be highly invasive. Ostensibly, management uses surveillance to assess workers’ productivity, but it uses the same systems to, for example, map their interpersonal...

Brexit and the 2016 U.S. elections have shown how much online communication is characterized by manipulation and disinformation. Authentic and trustworthy online communication, however, is important not only for business but also for the exchange of political information and opinions. Democratic...

$69 million, $7.58 million, and $7.57 million. These are the amounts associated with the three most-sought after Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) sold in 2021. Although NFTs were first created in 2014, 2021 saw an unprecedented rise in their global popularity. In fact, Google reported that in 2021,...

As is typical of a Breyer opinion, Unicolors v. H&M—the only IP decision this Term—illuminates the distinction between mistakes of fact and of law and explains the reasoning by virtue of a brief hypothetical. Imagine someone (named John) who sees a flash of red in a tree and blurts out,...