29 Oct, 2024 Upcycling in fashion: trade marks and exhaustion of rights By Huw Cookson Valentina Mazza Liam Blackford In the fashion and apparel industry, ‘upcycling’ denotes the process by which garments, accessories, bags and fabrics already put on the...
09 Aug, 2024 ASA rulings summary, July 2024 - are ads expected in paid streaming subscriptions? gambling ad allowed near(ish) to school and misleading images By Hannah Potter Georgina Doukanaris Alexander Ioannides This month the ASA has made some helpful rulings around (a) whether streaming services need to disclose the presence of paid ads up front...
18 Jul, 2024 ASA rulings summary, June/ July 2024 - TikTok trends go wrong, number one claims and nobody is getting a starter By Hannah Potter Georgina Doukanaris Petros Nafpliotis Amneek Thiara Natalie Shallal Angelica Pediconi +3 more... Show less This month the ASA has provided a reminder that (i) encouraging excessive drinking is no laughing matter; (ii) number 1 claims must be...
05 Jun, 2024 ASA rulings summary, 22 May - how to navigate ads post-administration; #myownbrand; and violent video games By Hannah Potter Alex Lowe Georgina Doukanaris Petros Nafpliotis Amneek Thiara +2 more... Show less This week we see the ASA: (i) remind businesses to be cautious around claims made which relate to a business before it was taken in to...
21 May, 2024 Should you Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Rise of Return less Refunds in Retail and How it Aligns with Consumer Rights. By Mark Dewar Kit Lee As Covid-19 precipitated an e-commerce boom, the largely hidden truth of ‘returnless refunds’ is gradually emerging from obscurity....
18 Apr, 2024 ASA rulings summary, 10 April - diamond ads must be crystal clear By Georgina Doukanaris Hannah Potter Alex Lowe This week we dive into the ASA’s application of its “average consumer” test through the lens of a recent ruling which concluded that ads...
05 Feb, 2024 AI and Advertising – Emerging Themes By Liam Blackford Hannah Potter Claire Sng As is clear from the data, (see Statistica report December 2023), marketers are prioritizing AI investment this year and the majority are...
30 Jan, 2024 Government's latest consultation continues the post-Brexit shake up of UK consumer law By Kurt Davies Mark Dewar The UK Department for Business and Trade's (DBT) response to a consultation launched in September 2023 results in further proposed...
23 Nov, 2023 Influencer Marketing Best Practice in Australia - the AiMCO Code of Practice By Sophie Edgerton Jessie Buchan Olivia Newbold As we set out in our previous post, the AANA Code of Ethics is clear that advertising material should be clearly distinguishable as such,...
13 Nov, 2023 Being authentic in business: How to build and maintain an authentic brand By Sophie Lessar VINITA ARORA Claire Sng Chris Rennie +1 more... Show less Greenwashing, sportswashing and pinkwashing You may be selling t-shirts that support Pride, the LGBT+ community, or other groups that...
31 Oct, 2023 Customs Powers in Trademark Enforcement in Asia Pacific By Liam Blackford Elizabeth Wong Jessie Buchan Edward Chatterton +1 more... Show less In IP enforcement and anti-counterfeiting efforts, one of the most powerful tools in a brand owner’s arsenal is harnessing the powers of...
24 Oct, 2023 Influencer Marketing According to AANA By Jessie Buchan Sophie Edgerton Olivia Newbold Following on from our introductory post last week, this week we’ll take a closer look at influencer marketing in the context of the...
06 Oct, 2023 An Overview of the Influencer Marketing Ecosystem in Australia By Sophie Edgerton Jessie Buchan Earlier this year, the ACCC announced that it was conducting social media sweeps to identify misleading testimonials and endorsements by...
03 Oct, 2023 Collapse of high street retailers – re-focusing on Retention of Title (ROT) clauses By Kurt Davies Holly Pearsall Mark Dewar There's nothing like a major event to make businesses pause and dust off their standard terms and conditions – see Covid 19 and force...
29 Jun, 2023 Wildfires rage as the EU pushes on with landmark ESG legislation By Kurt Davies Mark Dewar A US City is enveloped in an orange haze emanating from Canadian forest fires hundreds of miles to the North. Shows in the Theatre...
22 Jun, 2023 Fashion and AI – a romance that can’t be faked By Kurt Davies You only need to scroll Twitter for five minutes to catch a tweet about AI. More specifically, how it can already be deployed in a...