Legal update.

This is a regular section of the Journal which looks at branding issues and related intellectual property (IP) law matters such as trade marks, design rights, copyright or patents. The section is edited by Sarah Hadland (née Hodson) for the Journal of Brand Management. The section regularly gives overviews of pertinent cases in the UK, the European Union and further afield, and provides a valuable legal perspective to the case studies and research papers which appear alongside it in the Journal. For any further information on any of the topics covered in this Legal Update please contact Sarah Hadland at Eversheds on 0845 497 9797. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]