The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has delivered its long-awaited judgment in the Google Android case. The judgment upholds the General Court's 2022 ruling, which had largely confirmed the European Commission's 2018 decision against Google for abusing its multiple dominant positions in relation to the Android mobile operating system. The Read More
As part of an investigation into anticompetitive practices, the Portuguese competition authority seized, from the premises of the undertakings under investigation, emails exchanged between the employees of those undertakings. The undertakings contested the seizure of emails, arguing that it should have been authorised by an investigating judge rather than by Read More
After years of consultation, drafting and negotiation, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) was finally published in the EU's Official Journal on 12 July 2024. This marks a major step forward towards a more sustainable and secure future of AI, globally.Key rules and requirements1. Global reach: The EU Read More
The Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 aims to ensure that consumers are able to protect their collective interests in the EU via representative actions, the legal actions brought by representative entities (so called qualified entities). It provides that all EU countries have in place a mechanism of representative actions. Read More
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The European Court of Human Rights is taking a number of exceptional measures to respond to the unprecedented global health crisis, having regard to the recent decisions of the French authorities and the Council of Europe. The Court’s essential activities will in principle be maintained and especially the handling of Read More
The German Federation of Consumer Organisations has challenged before the German courts the use by the German company, Planet49, of a pre-ticked checkbox in connection with online promotional games, by which internet users wishing to participate consent to the storage of cookies. The cookies in question aim to collect information Read More
On 26 March 2019, Members of the European Parliament adopted the new Copyright Directive in plenary by 348 votes in favour, 274 against and 36 abstentions. This vote marked the end of the legislative process for the European Parliament that began in 2016. The text adopted by the European Parliament needed Read More
In 2015, Italian entrepreneurs filed an application with the European Intellectual Property Office ("EUIPO") for registration of the following EU trade mark, which they had been using, for, among others, goods in Classes 18 and 25. A Dutch company filed a notice of opposition to the registration of that figurative mark, Read More
