How the Coalition Will Impact Business
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Mark Weston Partner
020 7842 3334
Email: mark.weston@mablaw.co.uk
About Mark:
Mark works across all areas of commercial law, information technology law, intellectual property law, on-line commerce law and media law. Mark has extensive experience in advising clients on all manner of commercial agreements from international franchising, distribution, procurement, agency and marketing documents through branding and intellectual property licensing, to advice and documentation regarding hardware and software issues. These include development, licensing, maintenance and distribution - solutions for and methods of transacting on the Internet, electronic commerce - including B2B, B2C and B2G, outsourcing, facilities management, procurement, company IT policies, data protection (privacy) and freedom of information issues. He is also experienced in dealing with software disputes and IT litigation. The media side of the practice relates primarily to games and gaming platforms, as well as television, film and music exploitation. Elstree Film Studios, Sanyo, Retailcorp Brands LLC, mysupermarket.co.uk, Maxell, RTL Group S.A., The Gulf Marketing Group, Playboy UK and Imagination Technologies Plc are just some of Mark's clients.
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