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Another great year for the Franchise, Advertising and Commercial team in the legal rankings
In the last month, the major independent legal directories in the UK published their new rankings for 2020 and it has been another great year for Fieldfisher's Franchise, Advertising and Commercial Team.
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BEIS publishes new guidance on drafting consumer-friendly online business terms and conditions
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ("BEIS") has published guidance for businesses to help consumers understand the terms and conditions and privacy policies applicable to them. This guidance was created with the aim of 'helping build consumer trust and protecting brand reputation' – key concerns of businesses generally, but especially those operating online retail platforms.
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Political Advertising - it's time for greater regulation
The House of Commons Library has just published a briefing paper setting out how political advertising is regulated in the UK. It is clear that the current system of regulation is not satisfactory.
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ASA rules that a Home Office 'EU Settlement Scheme' advert is misleading
The Advertising Standards Agency has upheld a complaint against the Home Office in relation to its marketing of the (somewhat controversial) EU Settlement Scheme.
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Geo-blocking update
We wrote a blog in March 2018 on the "Geo-Blocking Regulation'" (Regulation (EU) 2018/302). Please click here to read the full blog. In this post we commented that it was unclear how the Geo-blocking Regulation will operate between the UK and the EU after Brexit because much will depend on any bilateral agreement or trade deal between the UK and the rest of the EU.
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Will you be ready for Strong Customer Authentication in online payments?
As the e-commerce world continues to evolve, retailers are facing challenges about online payment security, both in dealing with their banks and under the latest EU payments laws coming into force in September this year. In this briefing, Fieldfisher Partner John Worthy looks at what retailers need to do to be ready.
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Gambling Sector Update – January 2019
There have been a couple of big stories in the last few months for the gambling sector. Firstly, online gambling companies have voluntarily agreed to stop showing betting adverts during live sport. Secondly, the BBC has uncovered serious failings with the effectiveness of self-exclusion schemes such as Gamstop.
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Supermac's takes BIG MAC off the menu
The EU Intellectual Property Office recently handed down its decision in the case of Supermac's (Holdings) Ltd v McDonald's International Property Company Ltd and effectively took the mark 'Big Mac' off the trade mark menu.
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Breaking news: the Spanish Franchisor’s Registry is abolished
As of December 8th 2018, the obligation of Franchisors to register and update the information about their franchise network in the Spanish Franchisor’s Registry has been abolished.
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ASA overturns Kellogg's advert ban
This week, Kellogg has succeeded in having an adverse adjudication by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (the "ASA") overturned. In stark contrast to the original decision, the ASA has now ruled that Kellogg has not breached the BCAP Code, which applies to broadcast advertising and that the complaint is not upheld.