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Approval of the Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts

2015-03-19T21:00:15+00:0019 March 2015|Categories: Conflict of Laws, International Commercial Law, International Sale of Goods|Tags: , , |

On 19 March 2015, the Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law formally approved the Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts. The Principles, which also comprise a comprehensive Commentary, were developed by the Working Group on the Choice of Law in International Contracts (chaired by Read More

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New IVASS Regulation on simplification measures for contractual relationships

2015-03-03T21:00:03+00:003 March 2015|Categories: Legislative Updates, Regulatory and Compliance|Tags: |

Following the public consultation launched on 18 March 2014, IVASS published the Regulation No. 8 of 3 March 2015 concerning measures to simplify the administration of contractual relationships between insurance undertakings, intermediaries and clients. The Regulation implements Article 22, paragraph 15-bis of Law Decree No. 179 of 18 October 2012, as Read More

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New IVASS Regulation on simplification measures for contractual relationships

2015-03-03T19:53:38+00:003 March 2015|Categories: Insurance and Reinsurance|Tags: |

Following the public consultation launched on 18 March 2014, IVASS published the Regulation No. 8 of 3 March 2015 concerning measures to simplify the administration of contractual relationships between insurance undertakings, intermediaries and clients. The Regulation implements Article 22, paragraph 15-bis of Law Decree No. 179 of 18 October 2012, Read More

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The Principality of Monaco cannot benefit from the protection of the trade mark MONACO in the EU in respect of certain goods and services

2015-01-15T21:00:56+00:0015 January 2015|Categories: EU Law, IP Law|Tags: , , |

The word “monaco” designates the origin or geographical destination of the goods and services concerned and is devoid of distinctive character. In 2010, the government of the Principality of Monaco was granted, by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), an international registration covering the territory of the EU. That registration, Read More

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ISO 27018 sets data protection standards for the cloud

2015-01-06T21:00:15+00:006 January 2015|Categories: Conflict of Laws, EU Law, Insurance and Reinsurance, International Commercial Law, International Sale of Goods, IP Law|Tags: , , , , |

In July 2014, the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) and International Electrotechnical Commission (“IEC”) published ISO/IEC 27018 (ISO 27018), a code of practice that sets forth standards and guidelines pertaining to the protection of data consisting of “personally identifiable information” processed by public cloud service providers. ISO/IEC 27018 is the first International Read More

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Registration of the shape of the Rubik’s Cube as a Community trade mark is valid

2014-11-24T21:00:15+00:0024 November 2014|Categories: EU Law, IP Law|Tags: , |

The graphic representation of that cube does not involve a technical solution which would prevent it from being protected as a mark. At the request of Seven Towns Ltd, a UK company which manages inter alia intellectual property rights relating to the ‘Rubik’s Cube’, the EU’s Trademark Office (OHIM) registered, Read More

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Consultation on the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation

2014-08-14T21:00:43+00:0014 August 2014|Categories: Competition, EU Law, Insurance and Reinsurance|Tags: |

The Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (“IBER”) is a sector-specific legal instrument that allows (re)insurers to benefit from an exemption to the prohibition of anti-competitive arrangements laid down in Article 101 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). At present, the exemption covers two types of Read More

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Consultation on the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation

2014-08-14T21:00:42+00:0014 August 2014|Categories: Regulatory and Compliance|Tags: |

The Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (“IBER”) is a sector-specific legal instrument that allows (re)insurers to benefit from an exemption to the prohibition of anti-competitive arrangements laid down in Article 101 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). At present, the exemption covers two types of agreements between Read More

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The return of the Italian mandatory mediation procedure

2013-09-21T21:00:33+00:0021 September 2013|Categories: Legislative Updates|Tags: |

On 24 October 2012, the Italian Constitutional Court declared invalid the provision of Legislative Decree n. 28 dated 4 March 2010 which had implemented the mandatory mediation procedure for the resolution of certain disputes. Article 87 of the Italian Decree Law No. 69 of 21 June 2013 reintroduced the mandatory mediation for Read More

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