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10 Nov - Creators’ Rights In The Digital Landscape (6.30pm | London)

10 Nov - Creators’ Rights In The Digital Landscape This think tank considers the pressing issue of creators’ rights and remuneration in the digital landscape.

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Date: 10 November 2015
Location: 309 Regent St., UK

Office Hours with Cubism Law (Free Legal Advice for Startups)

**FREE LEGAL ADVICE** We're happy to be joined by Robert Taylor and Nicholas Berry from Cubism Law for our Office Hours sessions.

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Date: 12 June 2014
Location: TechHub @ Campus, UK

Legal Blindspot: 35% of Social Media Workers Don't Know The Law

Social Media and the Law - Immediate Future

In a new research 'Social media litigation: How prepared is your business?' nearly 35% of respondents, most of whom work professionally in social media have little or no knowledge of the law.

Perhaps the most glaring legal hole is confidential data. Whilst 76% of companies worry about their secrets slipping out through social media, only 61% aren't confident that their sensitive information is protected on social media platforms.

Immediate Future who published the research have published an infographic with the key findings.

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Chinwag and SXSW Join Forces and Announce "Doing Business in the USA" Conference

masterclass

We're very excited to announce our latest event in the USA, working with our friends at the amazing SXSW Interactive festival, we're announcing a one-day masterclass, "Doing Business in the USA", designed for international digital firms expanding into the US taking place on Fri 8th March 2013 in Austin, Texas.

Backed by SXSW and building on Chinwag's experience within the Digital Mission series, helping UK firms expand internationally this official SXSW event provides the essential guide for Founders, CEOs and C-level executives planning to enter or expand their business in North America.

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TechHub Venture Capital Finance Workshop with W&B Legal

A case-study based workshop that will focus on the legal aspects of raising venture capital finance

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Date: 28 November 2012
Location: TechHub @ Campus, UK

SMWLDN Global Keynote 'Freedom of Tweet: Censorship, Governments, Marketers and The Law'

Freedom
Did you happen to catch the Social Media Week London 2012 Global Keynote event? You can now watch it here!

'Freedom of Tweet: Censorship, Governments, Marketers and The Law' features Kathryn Corrick conducting a live interview, discussion and Q&A session with Mark Stephens CBE, one of the UK's leading legal minds, a veteran of Wikileaks & Hackgate, reknowned for his take on global freedom of speech and censorship.

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CMU Training: Music Rights, Inside & Out

Music Rights Inside & Out provides an introductory guide to UK copyright law, with a particular focus on music rights. It looks at how music rights work - including compulsory and blanket licensing and collecting societies - and at how rights can be monestised. There is also an overview of the fight against online piracy.

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Date: 9 November 2011
Location: CMU, UK

Digital Marketing London - The Law And Social

This months Digital Marketing London get together includes a presentation about how social media has changed the way the law works and is applied and will cover what we need to know as marketers and net citizens!

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Date: 27 September 2011
Location: Zigfred Von Underbelly, UK

Cookies: Do New Privacy Laws Take The Biscuit? The Lawyer's View

Pac Man Cookies

Last week, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published guidance on changes to the laws on using cookies that will affect tens of thousands of business owners.

The new law applies to all EU websites and requires website owners to get a user's consent before cookies are saved onto a device. First,  bit of background...

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Employment in Digital: Fundamental issues you can’t afford to ignore

This session is designed to provide attendees with a practical insight into fundamental employment issues you can’t afford to ignore.

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Date: 9 June 2011
Location: Crayon, UK

Bloggers in the Dock

UK Online News Association and Index on Censorship invite you to Bloggers in the Dock: Over the last year journalists, writers and bloggers have found themselves in court defending cases of libel and anonymity. The rulings have been significant and a catalyst for change.

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Date: 14 September 2010
Location: Index on Censorship, UK

3rd Advanced Forum on Advertising Law

2010 is the year that marks an important turning point for the advertising marketplace with new restrictions on green claims and behavioural and online advertising.

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Date: 9 June 2010
Location: Kingsway Hall Hotel, UK

Bootlaw July - the IP Barristers are back!

Following on from the successful session in June, which was so successful we didn't get past copyright issues, we have persuaded Ian Silcock and Louise O'Callaghan from Hardwicke Buildings to return to speak about trademarks and software patents.

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Date: 29 July 2009
Location: Winston & Strawn, UK

Bootlaw June Special - IP and the web

We are delighted to announce that for the June edition of Bootlaw, we have guest speakers, Ian Silcock and Louise O'Callaghan, who are barristers from Hardwicke Buildings chambers specialising in intellectual property issues.

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Date: 24 June 2009
Location: Winston & Strawn, UK

Google Adwords trade mark policy change - has the law changed?

So I have just received this:

 

 

-----Original Message-----

 

From: Google [mailto:trademark-policy-revision@google.com]

 

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