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    International Advertising

    Our multidisciplinary Advertising, Media & Brands team offers a full range of strategic legal services to brand owners and agencies including clearance of international advertising campaigns and prize promotions/sweepstakes. Our team has established relationships with regulators and key industry figures in the M&A sector, and we are experts in helping clients navigate the complex global matrix of compliance with local laws and advertising rules.

    Our global footprint allows us to offer a single central point of contact to coordinate multiple territory advice. We are able to provide effective and efficient recommendations for a fixed fee and within a fixed timeframe. Our expertise includes contracts, social media, copy clearance, prize draws, sales promotions, sweepstakes and competitions.

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    • Several of the world’s largest advertising networks, media companies, research organizations and marketing firms – Advising on advertising and marketing content issues for a large number of global brands, including on IP infringement issues, substantiation, production content and dealing with advertising regulators.
    • Consumer-facing organizations – Leading negotiations against regulators for alleged breach of several consumer protection laws, including gambling/lottery laws, unfair contract terms and provisions and misleading advertising laws. Dealing with allegations of criminal conduct, threats of prosecution and applications to court.
    • Big 4 accounting firm – Advising on the global clearance of a new tagline.
    • One of the world’s largest internet companies – Coordinating international clearance of complex prize promotions in up to 25 jurisdictions. Work involved obtaining local licenses to operate the promotions, where required, and liaising with regulators, government officials, supervisory bodies and notaries to ensure full compliance with all local laws. We also advised on the terms and conditions for promotions, contracts with fulfilment houses and platform hosts.
    • Leading international advertising agency and its client, a consumer dairy product producer – Acting in representations to regulators to permit innovative advertising in the context of national self-regulatory codes and the requirements of health and nutrition claims under EU Regulation 1924/2006.
    • Multiple brand clients – Successfully defending against regulators (including self-regulatory bodies) in respect of high-profile advertising campaigns.
    • Global research firm – Advising on its global strategy for gathering consumer data from social media.
    • Organizations including international jewelry retailer, global footwear manufacturer and several large and expanding fashion retailers – Representing in action to remove infringing domain names, Twitter handles and similar problematic social media accounts. Advice included WIPO complaints, trademark infringement/passing off action, escalating to hosting providers/registrars, liaising with platform providers, aiding regulators in criminal action and liaising with government officials to block unlawful imports.
    • Large pub chain – Advising on taking action against defamatory videos anonymously posted online. Obtaining interim injunctions against several internet giants/platform hosts to remove unlawful content and obtain infringer details. Subsequently obtaining similar orders against various national ISPs to reveal true identity of infringers and taking legal action against said infringers.
    • Large car manufacturer and retailer – Representing on the endorsement of a new range by a Hollywood celebrity. Steering the client through complex international usage rights issues.
    • Numerous agencies and brands – Advising on branded content projects, including brand integration in film and related sponsorships.

    • Recognized in IAM Patent 1000 2023
    • Recognized in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
    • Recognized in The Legal 500 UK 2023
    • Recognized in Chambers UK 2022
    • Recognized in Chambers USA 2023
    • Recognized by Managing Intellectual Property as a 2020 IP Star (France) in the Patent and Trademark categories
    • Lawyers named as Client Service All-Stars by BTI Consulting 2020
    • Ranked as one of the top 10 US law firms for healthcare patent prosecution by Intellectual Asset Magazine and Ocean Tomo
    • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America since 2006
    • Recognized by World Trademark Review since 2016