21 Apr, 2020 “Who do you want to speak to? No, you can’t have their number…” – IP Enforcement Directive does not require disclosure of email addresses, telephone numbers or IP addresses By Slaughter and May AG Øe recently provided his Opinion in Constantin Film Verleih GmbH v YouTube LLC, Google Inc. (C-264/19), advising the CJEU to rule...
17 Apr, 2020 EU privacy regulators on Covid-19 contact tracing apps By Cindy Knott As the EU continues its battle with Covid-19, privacy regulators have started turning their attention to lockdown exit strategies - and...
16 Apr, 2020 'antisocial non-distancing' of identity and app icons - lessons from PlanetArt v Photobox By Slaughter and May App icons are important tools for attracting potential users in busy, often competitive app stores. What happens when a competitor uses a...
15 Apr, 2020 UPC Update: UK IP Minister confirms no UPC for UK By Slaughter and May As we discussed in a previous post here, the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee met on 10 March 2020 to examine the impact that the...
14 Apr, 2020 How do you ensure that stablecoins don't undermine global stability? By Slaughter and May The announcement of Libra, the stablecoin effectively established by Facebook, in June last year took many global regulators by surprise....
08 Apr, 2020 New Nominet initiatives to combat use of .uk domain names for criminal activities By Slaughter and May As some tech companies will unfortunately be aware, dealing with cyber criminals who register domains names similar to their brands for...
08 Apr, 2020 India’s amended equalisation levy: a change players in the digital economy could not have foreseen By Deeksha Rathi On 1 February 2020, the Indian Finance Minister delivered the country’s longest Budget speech ever. However, there was no mention of...
08 Apr, 2020 “Don’t change the station! I like this song” – the CJEU clarifies ‘communication to the public’ (again) By Slaughter and May On 2 April 2020, following referral by the Swedish Supreme Court, the CJEU ruled in Stim and SAMI (C-753/18) that hiring out a car fitted...
07 Apr, 2020 Amazon: no infringing use but online platforms still in hot water? By Slaughter and May Last week the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") confirmed the relevance of commercial intention in establishing trade mark...
07 Apr, 2020 Hitting the wrong note? Music equipment suppliers face ‘big brother’ price-fixing allegations in the UK By Alexander Chadd The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued the music equipment suppliers Roland and Korg with a charge sheet alleging...
01 Apr, 2020 Morrisons in the Supreme Court – a welcome decision for employers but not a complete get-out-of-jail card By Cindy Knott Today the Supreme Court has handed down the much-anticipated judgement in WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants...