Introduction
Efforts to properly credit and compensate musicians can be hampered by a lack of quality information about the song’s creation, including its author and owner, and those who performed on its recording.
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) hopes to improve the quality of this metadata in the era of digital music streaming.…

Increasing action against ‘influencer fraud’
The changes to the French legislation are not surprising: France has seen a mass of criticism and litigation aimed at ‘influencer culture’ in recent years and has introduced numerous parliamentary initiatives to tackle harmful practices. The proliferation of influencers on social networks has led to an increase in abusive practices…

MediaWrites has previously reported on ASA rulings on the Paddy Power and SkyBet adverts featuring Peter Crouch and Micah Richards and the Betvictor advert featuring Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
The ASA has now published a further ruling on a bet365 advert featuring an image of Chris Eubank Jr., promoting his fight with Liam…

The proposed legislation will legally define the characteristics of a SLAPP for the first time, though this definition is limited to economic crime for now. The proposed definition of an economic crime SLAPP is a claim in which:

• the claimant’s behaviour in relation to the matters complained of in the claim has, or is intended

…

Factual background
Ms Cresswell met Mr Hay in a nightclub in May 2010. After leaving the club together, Mr Hay sexually assaulted Ms Cresswell as they were walking home. She promptly reported the assault to the police, who decided not to go forward with the matter.
In June 2020, Ms Cresswell published a blogpost and…

In April, an AI-generated recording by Ghostwriter titled, “Heart On My Sleeve”, accumulated over 20 million views and streams across digital service providers (DSPs) including YouTube, Spotify, and TikTok[1]. Although the lyrics were reportedly written by Ghostwriter[2], the voices singing them were AI-generated versions of Grammy Award-winning artists, Drake and The…

In May 2022, Vardy lost the defamation trial in the High Court. However, she has now trademarked “WAGATHA CHRISTIE”, raising several legal issues which could have wider implications from an intellectual property law standpoint.
A trade mark registration
On 22 August 2022, Vardy filed to register a trade mark for “WAGATHA CHRISTIE” via a…