Since the emergence of the Internet, under current European Union rules, services that host user-generated or user-contributed content have enjoyed legal immunity from liability, provided they take down unlawful content once...more
1/9/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Platforms ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Immunity ,
Online Platforms ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
UK ,
User-Generated Content
Earlier this week, the Court of Justice of the European Union, perhaps for the first time, drew a territorial limitation to the requirements imposed under the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). The court held that...more
9/26/2019
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Cross-Border ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Jurisdiction ,
Member State ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
Search Engines
The European Union’s highest court will have another opportunity to consider the issue of the liability of online platforms for copyright infringing content uploaded and shared by users. Two referrals from national courts...more
9/5/2019
/ Austria ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Single Market ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Germany ,
Member State ,
New Legislation ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Videos ,
The Copyright Act ,
YouTube
Many IP owners wonder what they need to do to ensure the continued protection of their EU trade marks and Community Registered Designs after Brexit. Some attorneys, since the referendum, encouraged clients to file in the UK...more
On 21 June 2018, the legal affairs committee of the EU Parliament approved the much debated Copyright In the Digital Single Market Directive. It is a short step now before the Parliament itself approves the directive, which...more
A recent ruling of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the U.K. highlights the global crackdown on sponsored posts that do not make clear that they are advertising.
A complaint was filed with the ASA about an...more
In a landmark decision that departs from previous case law, the Court of Justice of the EU, the highest court of the EU, held that a website operator that posts hyperlinks to another site that contains copyright materials...more
It is not every day that a massive international TV hit show is found to infringe a trade mark. A decision of the English High Court, approved recently by the Court of Appeal, held that the popular 20th Century Fox teenage...more
5/2/2016
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Entertainment Industry ,
EU ,
Evidence ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Passing Off ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
UK ,
Witness Statements ,
Young Lawyers