Augmented reality: Could Pokémon Go change the law as reality collides with the virtual world?

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Browne Jacobson's Joe O'Callaghan examines recent Pokémania from a legal perspective

Augmented reality (AR) technology is essentially technology that allows us to experience the physical world around us augmented with digital information. AR is not new, and neither is its combinati...

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