HOT OFF THE PRESS

The August/September 2004 issue of Legalease's bimonthly Advertising, Marketing & Branding Law Journal contains some highly attractive and relevant content. Features in this issue include

* "Copyright -- No Laughing Matter" by prize-winning essayist Timothy Pinto (Taylor Wessing), on the position of parodies under copyright law;

* "Infringement -- Divine Inspiration" by Andy Korman (Hammonds), on ways of ambush marketing ("Shame" says the IPKat);

* Internet -- All Keyed Up" by Christopher Kelly (Wiley, Rein & Fielding) on recent case law on the use of keywords in internet advertising;

* "EU regulations -- that's so unfair" by Phil Murphy of the Advertising Association, on developments relating to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.