The UK government has published a series of four technical notices on intellectual property in the event of the UK leaving the EU on 29 March 2019 without an agreement (a ‘no deal Brexit’). The technical notices were published on
On 6 September 2018, the German Federal Patent Court denied an application for a (preliminary) compulsory license under a patent related to the treatment of cholesterol-related disorders to the Applicant, group companies of a French pharmaceutical company (Case 3
On 13 September 2018, institutions in the European Union (EU) started negotiations to reach a final agreement on the EU Cybersecurity Act (Act). When adopted, the Act will create EU cybersecurity certification schemes for ICT products (i.e., hardware and software
On 16 July 2018, the District Court of Gießen, Germany, ruled that a custodian’s representation rights also cover consent to data processing activities related to the person under custodianship. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the processing of
Pursuant to the “license barrier” rule in Sec. 4j German Income Tax Act, newly introduced as of 1 January 2018, arm’s length business expenses of a company incurred for the right to use intellectual property (“IP”) and certain other rights
According to media reports, the first cease-and-desist letters have been issued in relation to alleged violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The cease-and-desist letters seem to concern, inter alia, data protection declarations on websites. In particular, the
Aktuellen Presseberichten zufolge sind erste Abmahnungen aufgrund von behaupteten Verstößen gegen die EU Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) ergangen. Die ergangenen Abmahnungen betrafen etwa Datenschutzerklärungen auf Web-Seiten; im Konkreten die datenschutzkonforme Einbindung und Beschreibung von bestimmten Tools (bspw. Google-Fonts, Like Buttons).
On 12 June 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that Christian Louboutin’s red sole trademark was valid (Case C-163/16). The decision comes after years of litigation between Louboutin and Dutch footwear company Van
On 29 May 2018, only five days after the GDPR became applicable, the Regional Court of Bonn issued the first ruling applying the GDPR in Europe (file no. 10 O 171/18). The dispute involved the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union entered into force, accompanied by some uncertainties regarding its application. For example, some legal commentators believe there are “irreconcilable” differences between blockchain technologies and some of
