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August 10, 2018 - European Union, Fintech, Telecommunications
Announcing the Global Financial Innovation Network
On 7 August, 2018, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it has, in collaboration with 11 other financial regulators and related organisations, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, created the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) to
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July 31, 2018 - Intellectual Property, European Union
IP Protection Post BREXIT Part 2: A Right-by-Right Analysis
By: Wolfgang Schönig, Sana Ashcroft and Robert Grohmann
Progress is being made regarding the protection of intellectual property (“IP”) rights in a post-BREXIT scenario on both sides of the English Channel. With BREXIT fast approaching, the European Union (“EU”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) have been pushing things forward at the negotiator
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July 30, 2018 - Intellectual Property, European Union
IP Protection Post BREXIT Part 1: A Right-by-Right Analysis
By: Wolfgang Schönig, Sana Ashcroft and Robert Grohmann
Progress is being made regarding the protection of intellectual property (“IP”) rights in a post-BREXIT scenario on both sides of the English Channel. With BREXIT fast approaching, the European Union (“EU”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) have been pushing things forward at the negotiators
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July 11, 2018 - Intellectual Property, European Union
European Parliament Voted 318 to 278 Against the Amendment Proposal for a Copyright Directive for the Digital Single Market
By: Kristina Ehle
On July 5, 2018, the European Parliament rejected the proposed amendments to the new Copyright Directive: Article 11, which attempts to protect press publications from impermissible digital use, and Article 13, which attempts to protect online content from impermissible use by online content-sharing service
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July 06, 2018 - European Union, Telecommunications
Digital Single Market Update: Revision of the European Union’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive
By: Kristina Ehle
The European Union’s legislators have reached an agreement on the revision of the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). The reform aims at providing a uniform legal and market framework for different types of video streaming services provided via the Internet, and a more
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June 25, 2018 - Intellectual Property, European Union
Copyrights, Internet: YouTube Decision May Obligate Content Check on Upload
By: Christiane Stuetzle and Christoph Wagner
On June 6, 2018, the Commercial Court of Vienna decided in favor of private broadcaster Puls4 and determined that YouTube qualified as directly liable for copyright infringing video uploads of its users. If maintained, the decision would obligate YouTube (and indirectly other major online
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June 19, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, Artificial Intelligence, European Union
If Algorithms Take Over Routine Work, This Also Kills our Expertise
By: Lokke Moerel
In this opinion piece, Morrison & Foerster Senior of Counsel Lokke Moerel challenges current predictions of the ways in which Artificial (AI) Intelligence is going to transform our jobs. Drawing a parallel with how using sat nav systems has impacted our navigation skills, she
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June 14, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, European Union
Why controllers are accountable for automatic decision making under the GDPR
By: Lokke Moerel and Marijn Storm
The GDPR explicitly requires controllers to inform individuals of decisions made about them by automated or artificially intelligent algorithmic systems. The controller must inform the individual up front about the existence of the decision making activity, as well as provide information about its underlying
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May 30, 2018 - European Union
European Commission Presents Digital Tax Package
By: Jens-Uwe Hinder and Jenny Broekmann-Friese
On March 21, 2018, the European Commission proposed new rules for the taxation of digital activities and digital business models in the EU (‘digital tax package’). If these rules are implemented, numerous European and non-European companies would have to pay a 3% tax on
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May 21, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence, European Union
The EU’s Strategy for AI Investment
By: Alistair Maughan and Sana Ashcroft
The European Union has laid out a strategy to promote the growth of Artificial Intelligence technology in Europe. As so often with EU initiatives, the initiatives designed to implement the strategy are long on vision but short on specific practical changes. EU-based entities will
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Topic Archives: European Union

Announcing the Global Financial Innovation Network

IP Protection Post BREXIT Part 2: A Right-by-Right Analysis

By: Wolfgang Schönig, Sana Ashcroft and Robert Grohmann

IP Protection Post BREXIT Part 1: A Right-by-Right Analysis

By: Wolfgang Schönig, Sana Ashcroft and Robert Grohmann

European Parliament Voted 318 to 278 Against the Amendment Proposal for a Copyright Directive for the Digital Single Market

By: Kristina Ehle

Digital Single Market Update: Revision of the European Union’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive

By: Kristina Ehle

Copyrights, Internet: YouTube Decision May Obligate Content Check on Upload

By: Christiane Stuetzle and Christoph Wagner

If Algorithms Take Over Routine Work, This Also Kills our Expertise

By: Lokke Moerel

Why controllers are accountable for automatic decision making under the GDPR

By: Lokke Moerel and Marijn Storm

European Commission Presents Digital Tax Package

By: Jens-Uwe Hinder and Jenny Broekmann-Friese

The EU’s Strategy for AI Investment

By: Alistair Maughan and Sana Ashcroft