Photo by Yasin Yusuf By Dr. Alexandros Antoniou, Lecturer in Media Law, University of Essex On 3 February 2022, the UK’s regulator of advertising across all media, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), published its research in harmful racial and ethnic stereotyping in UK advertising. The survey highlighted a number of important issues that participant consumers raised about … Continue reading Advertising Watchdog Publishes Report on Tackling Harmful Racial and Ethnic Stereotyping in Ads
Month: April 2022
Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe: Her Journey to Freedom and the Lessons We Can Learn
Photo of Richard Ratcliffe at the candlelit vigil outside the Foreign Office on Friday 05 Nov. 2021, eleven days into his hunger strike, via Flickr. Professor Carla Ferstman is a lawyer and an activist. Before joining the School of Law in 2018, she directed REDRESS, an organization dedicated to helping torture survivors in all parts of the … Continue reading Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe: Her Journey to Freedom and the Lessons We Can Learn
The Case of the Caterpillar Cakes: Why Legal Protection for a Shape is So Hard to Come By
A very hungry caterpillar (image via Flickr) By Prof. Stavroula Karapapa and Dr. Alexandros Antoniou, School of Law, University of Essex UK retailers Marks and Spencer (M&S) and Aldi have finally called a truce to the trademark-based legal spat pitting their caterpillar cakes, Colin and Cuthbert, against each other. While details of the settlement have not been … Continue reading The Case of the Caterpillar Cakes: Why Legal Protection for a Shape is So Hard to Come By
The Future of AI Liability in Europe
Image by VectorStock Artificial Intelligence (AI) could revolutionise the world-wide economy as well as the way we live, work and interact with each other. While this new technology certainly presents great potential, it also comes with important risks to human life, health and wellbeing – among other risks. In an effort to prepare for this … Continue reading The Future of AI Liability in Europe
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