Issues

By Horace Lam and Edward Chatterton China’s eagerly anticipated amendments to its Trademark Law will come into force on 1 May 2014. This gives brand owners just a few months to come to grips with the practical implications of the new law. Under the existing law, if an opponent is unsuccessful in opposition proceedings before […]

The rise of consumerism in China over the past 10 years, accompanied by huge increases in domestic consumption, has spurred greater regulatory enforcement in the area of product liability, as well as greater willingness by consumers to seek legal remedies in China. In recent years, and in response to major food-safety scandals and public outcry, […]

The European Commission’s new Cinema Communication 2013 broadens the scope of activities in connection with the creation of films and other audio-visual works that may attract state aid in the member states. The old rules, which were published in 2001, only permitted state aid for production-related activities, which the European Commission reflected could risk ‘stimulating […]

By Darius C Gambino People always say time flies when you’re having fun, and my tenure as editor of the Intellectual Property and Technology News sure seemed to pass by quickly. We saw a lot of activity in the past year — most notably, the implementation of the America Invents Act. Whether the availability of […]

By Giulio Coraggio The Italian data protection authority (DPA) issued a decision introducing more stringent obligations for the transfer of data to call centres located in countries outside of the European Union (EU) such as India or the US, but also Albania, which is very close to Italy and is a popular place for call […]

DLA Piper’s financial services regulatory team has released the winter 2013 edition of its Money Laundering Bulletin. In this issue, the firm looks at the European Union’s action plan to tackle organised crime, corruption and money laundering and the recent injunction temporarily preventing Barclays from dropping one of Somalia’s biggest remittance providers as a client. DLA […]

By Patrick Van Eecke and Antoon Dierick On 6 November, a Paris court ordered Google to filter out hyperlinks to images of former F1 boss Max Mosley in an allegedly Nazi-themed sadomasochistic orgy. This judgment is situated on the crossroads of privacy rights, freedom of information and co-operation duties of internet intermediaries. A soon-to-be-expected European […]

Eversheds Stockholm has made a donation to Doctors Without Borders to help the victims in the Philippines that typhoon Haiyan affected. Doctors Without Borders is a medical humanitarian organisation that assists people affected by crises, war and natural disasters, regardless of political affiliation, religion or ethnicity.

Managing actual or potential conflicts of interest is essential for every professional. General practitioners (GPs) are in no different position to lawyers, accountants or many other professionals who ply their professional trade for the benefit of clients but, to a greater or lesser extent, are not paid by clients but by a third party (and […]

By Jo Joyce These days, it seems as if every passing week brings with it a new story in the press about the legal risks of engaging with social media. We have heard much recently about the dangers of defamation on Twitter. Earlier this year, Sally Bercow learned to her cost just how easy it […]