In a highly anticipated Schrems II decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the Privacy Shield, the legal framework allowing transatlantic exchanges of personal data for commercial purposes...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world and cause unprecedented health and economic challenges, technological measures, once thought extreme, are now being deployed for the purposes of contact tracing,...more
Approaching its second anniversary this month, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has never been as relevant as in these unprecedented COVID-19 times. While several countries are considering the...more
With COVID-19 officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, European governments and companies, facing unprecedented challenges, are encouraging their employees to work from home, protect their health and...more
November will see several opportunities to discuss privacy matters in Europe and meet with The Privacist contributors within the K&L Gates’ platform, in connection with the International Association of Privacy Professionals...more
11/11/2019
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BREXIT: DEAL OR NO-DEAL? DATA IS THE QUESTION -
With the Brexit deadline looming ahead on 31 October 2019, the situation seemingly reaches new levels of uncertainty every day. Last week, the U.K. Supreme Court’s eleven...more
10/4/2019
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Our original political update was going to be more general in nature covering the turbulent state of British politics and the UK Prime Minister's "Do or Die" determination to leave the EU on 31 October with or without a deal....more
Further to the adoption of the so-called Trademark Package at the European level, comprised of Regulation no.2015/2424 (as codified by Regulation no.2017/1001 dated 14 June 2017) on European Union (“EU”) Trademarks (the...more
On January 23, 2019, the EU Data Protection Board (“EDPB” - the gathering of all European Union (EU) data protection authorities) adopted opinion no. 3/2019 (the “Opinion”) on the interplay between the Clinical Trials...more
On November 23, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) - the gathering of all European Union (EU) data protection authorities - adopted new draft guidelines on territorial scope of the GDPR. The EDPB was previously known...more
Background - On 17 July 2018, the European Union (the “EU”) and Japan reached an agreement to recognize each other’s data protections systems as “equivalent”, and each commits to complete internal procedures by fall 2018 (the...more
8/28/2018
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It is my pleasure to present the second issue of our bulletin this year, which contains interesting and important information on trademarks, unfair competition and, in this issue, personal data. There have been big changes in...more
It is my pleasure to present the latest bulletin covering the field of trademarks and, in this issue, privacy on the Web.
We report on the most interesting trademark rulings handed down by European, British and Polish...more
After its invalidation of the data retention requirements imposed by Directive 2006/24/EC in its Digital Rights Ireland decision dated 8 April 2014, the ECJ was requested to assess the compatibility with the Directive...more
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the latest bulletin from the field of trademarks. As in every quarter, we present the most interesting news in an engaging, easily understandable manner.
In this issue, we focus on the...more
On 30 November 2016 the European Commission (“Commission” or “EC”) presented its Communication on connected cars for Europe, under the more formal denomination “A European Strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems...more
The French law no.2014-344 on consumer protection, named "Hamon Act" (for the name of the Ministry in charge of this reform) and dated March 17, 2014, creates a new industrial property right: the "Geographical Indications...more