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&L Goodbody recently represented the Irish Nightclub Industry Association (INIA) and the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) against Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Limited (PPI) in a case on copyright law which is a landmark judgment not only in Ireland but elsewhere. The INIA and IHF challenged an arbitrator’s award which had set copyright fees payable by nightclubs to Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Limited – “PPI” ...

Advertising in Ukraine is regulated mainly by the Advertising Act (the “Act”). Some aspects are also regulated by the TV and Radio Broadcasting Act, Printed Mass Media Act, Protection Against Unfair Competition Act, Copyright and Related Rights Act, Protection of Rights to Trademarks Act, Protection of Consumer Rights, Languages Act and others.The Act has recently become one of the most publicly debated laws in Ukraine ...

Introduction: On March 4, 2003, the United States Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision, written by Justice John Paul Stevens, regarding the Federal Trademark Dilution Act (“FTDA”) ...

Legal Framework for Advertising and Restrictions on Advertising of Tobacco Products and Alcoholic BeveragesAdvertising activity in Ukraine is regulated mainly by the Advertising Act1 and the Television Act2. The Advertising Act contains several various restrictions and bans relating to the advertising of tobacco products and alcoholic beve-rages. One of the most stringent restrictions applies to tobacco products and alcoholic beverages advertising on TV and radio ...

Supreme Court resolves Circuit split by setting forth standard that owners of famous trademarks must prove “actual dilution” as opposed to “likelihood of dilution” in order to prevail on a Federal Trademark Dilution Act (FTDA) claim.The Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Moseley dba Victor’s Little Secret v ...