Managing Advertising & Marketing Legal Issues is an authoritative, insiders perspective on common legal issues associated with advertising and marketing campaigns. Featuring partners from some of the nations leading law firms, these experts guide the reader through the evaluation of a campaign and offer best practices for working with clients, including understanding the clients business goals, managing expectations and timing concerns, and developing an effective and ongoing attorney-client relationship. These top lawyers discuss addressing IP issues, counseling clients on the legality of sweepstakes and special promotions, avoiding litigation, substantiating claims, and responding to investigations by government agencies. Additionally, these leaders interpret the legal issues surrounding developments in advertising and new media, including privacy concerns and green marketing, as well as international advertising. The breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving field.

The Law of Advertising, Marketing and Promotions explains the complex and evolving legislative, regulatory, court-based, and self-regulatory rules governing advertising content and practices.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Sport - Sport Economics, Sport Management, University of Göttingen (Institut für Sportwissenschaften), course: Sportveranstalter und Marketing, 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Today's sport manager or administrator do not only have to be familiar with the process of management, but also need a knowledge of sport and the people involved with it. They are required to have management skills as well as a feeling for the business, which includes legal aspects. All kind of sport institutions or manifestation are influenced by legal aspect settings by constitutional / public law, federal civil rights, federal constitutions or contracts. Especially the wide range of opportunities of event management and marketing always leads to potential problems which are covered by legislation. Organizers and managers are often unaware of all essential legal duties when they are preparing and drafting a marketing plan. Many of them search specialist advice from lawyers, safety experts, and others with specific expertise in the areas they are unsure about. The risks of ignoring the duties should not be underrated at first glance, to do so could lead to consequences which could leave uncalculating damages and fatally problems for the organization or marketing plan (vgl. WATT 1998, 140 ff.). Even sport management and marketing is mainly based by total quality management which essentials are just to be more effective (vgl. WATT 1998, 114 ff.). Searching a solution or making a recreation plan is normally too late or a worst case. This is the reason why the combination of sport and legislation of management have become more demanding. The following chapters are about the host of legal issues affecting the marketing of products. The risks and duties of making sport products, as well as performing sport events, are illustrated in consideration of the property rights or the danger of collision with other currently availa

The book covers Indian laws, which influence the marketing decision-making process in the business organizations. The provisions of the laws are explained and supported by the court judgments in the form of cases at the end of each chapter, keeping in view the requirements of DBM, PGDBA, MMS and MBA students specializing in marketing management. This book is designed to prepare the students of marketing to understand the legal implications of their day-to-day or strategic decisions in product or service marketing. He need not be a legal expert, but he should have enough knowledge about the laws of the land to avoid two things, one falling into the legal trap and two to face the consequences like imprisonment, penalty or defamation for himself and for the organization he is representing.The book starts with chapters on basics of law, various Indian Acts influencing marketing and consumer rights. The major Acts like Consumer Protection Act, Competition Acts, Sales of Goods Act, Hire Purchase Act, Contract Act and Negotiable Instruments Act are covered in details. A chapter on Intellectual Property Rights (i.e. patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs and geographical indications) covers various Indian Acts for protecting these rights in light of TRIPS provisions enforced through WTO (World Trade Organization) in the member countries. Separate chapters are devoted to each of the 4Ps of marketing (i.e. product, price, promotion and place) to cover the provisions of various Acts to curb the prevailing unfair and restrictive trade practices in marketing of goods and services. The book covers the e-Marketing legislation to curb the fraudulent practices in cyberspace. The book ends with a discussion on 'marketing abuses with some ethical question marks' in the last chapter.In nutshell the text presents a comprehensive treatment of legal provisions in various Indian Acts and its implications in marketing decision-making process. The book provides guidelines for marketers, to formulate and implement marketing strategies within the legal boundaries of the law of the land.

In this lively, entertaining, and informative book, Dean K. Fueroghne guides readers through the complex laws governing the creation of advertising, illuminating a heavily regulated arena at the intersection of free enterprise and consumer protection. Is it acceptable to use images of real people, famous or not? Can Nike talk about Adidas in its promotional campaign? When can money be shown? What constitutes puffery, or deceptive truth, or bait-and-switch advertising? What are the specific rules pertaining to professional businesses, political advertising, or the marketing of alcohol or tobacco? What is the difference between copyright and trademark? Fueroghne answers these questions and more as he covers the complex laws relevant to advertising in all its guises. In addition to discussing specific cases, he explains the reasoning behind the court’s decisions and how it affects the business of advertising. Students of strategic communication as well as advertising professionals—from agency account executives and copywriters to art directors and freelance designers—will learn to anticipate when proposed advertising may cause legal problems and how to avoid costly mistakes. Advertising lawyers will also appreciate the book as a handy reference that gathers in one place the many disparate laws affecting marketing and promotion in the United States today.

Online Instructor Manual (login required) Creative Brief Form (Figure 8.1) (pdf file) Students of advertising and marketing management learn many concepts and theories in their foundational courses, but real-world experiences are invaluable to understanding the decision-making process. Cases in Advertising and Marketing Management offers students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in previous courses to realistic situations from the business world. The authors, a professor of advertising and an advertising agency executive, draw on their practical experiences with everyday challenges--ranging from budgets, electronic marketing, IMC, and account strategy to agency politics, overdue client payments, and ethical dilemmas. Each of the forty cases focuses on a contemporary problem or issue for students to identify and analyze, followed by discussion questions to help them work through the case toward a reasonable solution. The final chapters review important themes from the cases and look at several types of advertising and marketing positions often found in agencies or companies. Appropriate for upper-level or capstone courses in advertising and marketing management, this provocative, highly readable text provides students with insight into the situations they will face in their future careers and helps them develop valuable skills for solving problems and making sound decisions.

A complete guide to marketing law firm or practice. Contains strategies and insights from the country's top legal marketers.