The element of surprise never quite left Cannes Lions 2007, right down to the final presentation.

The creator of several legendary campaigns for FCUK and Wonderbra, he used to be the enfant terrible of the British ad industry.

Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), the UK-based agency founded by Trevor Beattie, plans to open offices in Mumbai and Sydney in 2008.

The common misconception is that agencies don’t own the intellectual property rights of what they create.

The Indian party at Cannes wound down on Saturday, when the results of the winners in Film were announced.