News & Insights (Sports and Sponsorship)

02-Mar-2012  |  Copyright & Media Law

Child sport stars can be public figures, says English High Court

Spelman v Express Newspapers [2012] EWHC 355 (QB) The English High Court has lifted a privacy injunction awarded to Jonathan ...

06-Feb-2012  |  Consumer Brands, Copyright & Media Law, IT & Telecoms, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Preparing for 2012

We have a fresh batch of content on our Taylor Wessing Download site which provides insights into the legal implications of the ...

06-Oct-2011  | 

The implications of the CJEU's decision in the FAPL v Karen Murphy case

The implications of the CJEU's decision in the FAPL v Karen Murphy case The Court of Justice's decision in the case brought on ...

27-Apr-2010  |  Copyright & Media Law, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Football Fixture Lists: English High Court Rules that Database Copyright Subsists

The English High Court ruled last Friday that database copyright (but not database right) subsists in the fixture lists of the ...

05-Mar-2010  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

UK Media Law - the future?

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK Parliament issued its Report on Press standards, privacy and libel on 24 ...

29-Jan-2010  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Death of the Privacy Superinjunction?

LNS v Persons Unknown [2010] EWHC 119 (QB) Court refuses to grant celebrity a "superinjunction" to prevent the media ...

24-Nov-2009  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Tax, The Middle East

Taylor Wessing advises Brawn GP

For more information or to speak to Russell Van Praagh, please contact Helen Needham at Taylor ...

03-Sep-2009  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing advises on sale of Portsmouth FC

European law firm Taylor Wessing LLP has acted for Devondale Investments on the sale of Portsmouth City Football Club Ltd to ...

06-Mar-2009  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Financial Institutions & Services, Tax

Taylor Wessing puts Brawn GP F1 on the grid

For more information or to speak to Russell Van Praagh, please contact Helen Needham at Taylor ...

20-Feb-2009  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

Taylor Wessing advises Kentaro on partnership with leading sports management agency SEM

Taylor Wessing has acted for longstanding client Kentaro on the formation of a corporate partnership with Jerome Anderson’s ...

02-Apr-2004  |  Copyright & Media Law, Technology, Media & Telecoms, Trade Marks & Designs

The missing link: Problems of trademark protection for famous signs in sports

Implications of the judgement of the ECJ in Adidas-Salomon AG & others v Fitnessworld Trading Ltd and of the German ...