Winston Maxwell

Firm/Organization: Hogan Lovells

Blogs: Focus on Regulation, Global Media and Communications Watch, HL Chronicle of Data Protection

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Internet of Things – A Fast Forward to the Future

By Winston Maxwell & Estelle-Marguerite Devisme on June 14, 2019

On Monday, April 29th 2019, policy makers and industry representatives from different IoT ‘verticals’ (agriculture, automotive, health, energy, aerospace) gathered in Brussels at the initiative of Vodafone to launch a conversation about the future policies applicable to the Internet of Things (IoT) in Europe. Global Players Require Global Regulation The debate emphasized how global any approach to IoT regulation should be. All participants agreed that Europe should and must be competitive on the IoT market…

Global Media and Communications Watch

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive clears the finish line

By Penny Thornton, Alastair Shaw, Morten Petersenn, Winston Maxwell, Benedikt Lüthge, Alberto Bellan & Anne Schmitt on April 18, 2019

On 15th April the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Copyright Directive (the “Directive”), ending a negotiation process which first started with the Commission’s proposal for a new Directive in early 2016. After publication in the Official Journal of the EU, Member States will have two years to implement the Directive. In Council the UK voted to adopt the Directive, but it’s by no means certain that the UK will implement it. If the…

Global Media and Communications Watch

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive clears the finish line

By Penny Thornton, Alastair Shaw, Morten Petersenn, Winston Maxwell, Benedikt Lüthge, Alberto Bellan & Anne Schmitt on April 15, 2019

Today the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Copyright Directive (the “Directive”), ending a negotiation process which first started with the Commission’s proposal for a new Directive in early 2016. After publication in the Official Journal of the EU, Member States will have two years to implement the Directive. In Council the UK voted to adopt the Directive, but it’s by no means certain that the UK will implement it. If the UK…

Global Media and Communications Watch

DSM Watch: Navigating Article 13 (now 17) of the Copyright Directive

By Alastair Shaw, Penny Thornton, Winston Maxwell, Morten Petersenn, Alberto Bellan, Anne Schmitt & Benedikt Lüthge on April 1, 2019

On 26 March 2019 the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive (“Directive”) into EU law. After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, the EP’s adopted text will become EU law. Member States will then have until mid-2021 to implement it into their national laws. DSM Watch has already overviewed the whole Directive here, and looked at Article 11 on a new press publishers’ right (re-numbered Article…

Global Media and Communications Watch

DSM Watch: Copyright Directive press publishers’ rights: final edition of Article 11 is now Article 15

By Benedikt Lüthge, Alastair Shaw, Penny Thornton, Winston Maxwell, Morten Petersenn, Alberto Bellan & Anne Schmitt on March 27, 2019

Yesterday (26 March 2019) the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive into EU law. After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, the EP’s adopted text will become EU law. Member States will then have until mid-2021 to implement it into their national laws. DSM Watch has already overviewed the whole Directive here, and looked at Article 13 on liability of user-uploaded content services (re-numbered Article…

Global Media and Communications Watch

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive passed by European Parliament

By Penny Thornton, Alastair Shaw, Winston Maxwell, Morten Petersenn, Anne Schmitt, Benedikt Lüthge & Alberto Bellan on March 26, 2019

Today the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive into EU law. After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, it will become EU law. Member States will then have until mid-2021 to implement it into their national laws. Despite substantial opposition from blocks of MEPs and the large numbers of the general public, the final text does include the controversial press publishers’ right (Article 11) and content…

Focus on Regulation

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

By Winston Maxwell, Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on March 20, 2019

A Hogan Lovells study comparing of regulatory requirements in the European Union, United States, and China shows the complexity and uncertainty of the regulatory framework relevant to Internet of Things (IoT) in Europe. The number of telecoms regulatory constraints affecting IoT in the EU is almost twice as high as in the United States and China. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai compares the global race to 5G with World Cup football: “When it…

Global Media and Communications Watch

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

By Winston Maxwell, Mark Brennan & Arpan Sura on March 20, 2019

Global Media and Communications Watch

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive, the big picture

By Alastair Shaw, Penny Thornton, Winston Maxwell, Morten Petersenn, Alberto Bellan, Alya Bloum, Anne Schmitt & Benedikt Lüthge on February 26, 2019

Agreement on a compromise text for the new Copyright Directive was reached between Member State government representatives, EU Parliament representatives and the EU Commission last week (see our “Breakthrough” post). On 20 February 2019, EU Governments formally voted, by a majority, to approve that compromise text: Italy, Poland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Finland opposed it; Belgium and Slovenia abstained. However, it is not yet law despite some headlines which one may see in the…

Global Media and Communications Watch

An Approach for Setting Administrative Fines Under the GDPR

By Winston Maxwell & Christine Gateau on February 21, 2019

Article 83 of the GDPR provides for two levels of administrative fines: a lower level – maximum of €10 million or 2% of the global turnover – for violations relating to record-keeping, data security, data protection impact assessments, data protection by design and default, and data processing agreements; and a higher level – maximum of €20 million or 4% of the global turnover – for violations relating to data protection principles, the legal basis for…

Winston Maxwell

Internet of Things – A Fast Forward to the Future

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive clears the finish line

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive clears the finish line

DSM Watch: Navigating Article 13 (now 17) of the Copyright Directive

DSM Watch: Copyright Directive press publishers’ rights: final edition of Article 11 is now Article 15

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive passed by European Parliament

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe

DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive, the big picture

An Approach for Setting Administrative Fines Under the GDPR

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