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Scope of ASAI Code extended

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland
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  • February 8 2013

The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (the "ASAI") has extended the digital remit of the Code of Standards for Advertising, Promotional and

Copyright for performers extended to 70 years

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union
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  • November 25 2011

A new Directive has extended the copyright term on sound recordings in the EU from 50 to 70 years

European principles regarding the digitization of books agreed

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union
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  • November 25 2011

On 20 September 2011 a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") was signed by representatives of European libraries, publishers, authors and collecting societies

ECJ refers back key issues in Interflora v Marks & Spencer to English High Court

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 24 2011

The European Court of Justice issued judgment in the long running Interflora v M&S AdWord case on 22 September last largely leaving it up to the referring UK High Court to determine whether M&S's use of Interflora's trade mark in the context of online advertising

New rules for product placement on television

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland
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  • July 7 2011

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has introduced changes in rules governing commercial communications to provide for paid product placement on television

Marketing obligations - additional requirements for electronic marketing and phonecalls

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland
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  • July 7 2011

Important changes to existing laws on marketing have been introduced with effect from 1 July 2011 by the EC (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (the “Regulations”

Artists’ Resale Right extended to heirs

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • January 17 2012

With effect from 1 January 2012 the provisions of the EU Directive on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art have been extended in Ireland to the heirs of the artist and will last for a period of 70 years after the death of the artist

European Union (Copyright & Related Rights) Regulations 2012

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • April 13 2012

The European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012 - S.I. No. 592012 (the “CRR Regulations”) were signed into law by junior minister of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, on Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Getting personal the tension between social media and work

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • Ireland
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  • December 7 2012

At the recent International Bar Association (IBA) annual conference held in Dublin, Terence McCrann, Partner and Head of the Employment Group at McCann FitzGerald, joined employment lawyers from various jurisdictions to discuss the particular implications social media presents for managing employment relations within organisations