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Podcasts and copyright: which licences are actually required
Relevant cases: Joe Rogan Experience / Spotify, general practice
Apr 2026
International influencer campaigns: legal traps no brand wants
General practice – IP conflicts in international marketing
Apr 2026
User-generated content (UGC): rights, liability and the Content ID dispute
YouTube Content ID disputes – general practice
Apr 2026
Deepfakes and image rights: Tom Hanks and the danger of stolen digital identity
Unauthorised deepfake campaigns – Tom Hanks and other actors, 2023–2024
Apr 2026
NFTs and intellectual property: what you actually buy when you acquire a digital token
Hermès v Mason Rothschild – MetaBirkins (USA, 2023)
Apr 2026
Parallel imports in the EU: when you may sell a genuine product without the trademark owner’s consent
Bristol-Myers Squibb v Paranova (CJEU C-427/93) – practical application
Apr 2026
AI and brand names: the risk of 'inventing' a trademark that already exists
Practical cases – start-ups v proprietors of earlier trademarks
Apr 2026
Influencers and intellectual property: risks many still ignore
General practice – relevant cases: Chiara Ferragni v Guess (2019)
Apr 2026
Music on social media: a like can become expensive without a licence
Warner Music v commercial TikTok/Instagram accounts
Apr 2026
AI generates an image: who owns the rights? Getty Images v Stability AI
USA and UK, 2023–present
Apr 2026
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