BEREC launched a public consultation on Net Neutrality Guidelines

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) is seeking views from stakeholders on its draft guidelines concerning the implementation by national regulators of the new European rules on net neutrality. The public consultation will close on 18 July 2016 at 1:00 PM (UK time). The draft guidelines (available here) implement the EU Regulation…

Tim Cowen’s article on Ofcom’s strategic review of digital communications has been published on IBA Newsletter

Tim Cowen’s article “Ofcom strategic review of digital communications: from baby steps to giant leaps?” has been published on the June 2016 issue of Communications Law, the Newsletter of the International Bar Association. Here below an extract of the article. The full issue of the Communications Law Newsletter is available here.   Ofcom strategic review…

Preiskel & Co’s article on Technology, Media, and Telecommunications trends and developments has been published in the Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guides 2016

Preiskel & Co’s article on Technology, Media, and Telecommunications trends and developments has been published in the Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guides 2016. The article was written by the partners Daniel Preiskel, Ronnie Preiskel and Tim Cowen and by the associate Natalia Porto. The ‘Trends & Developments’ sections of the Chambers & Partners Global Practice…

Preiskel & Co represents Kelkoo on abuse of dominance claim against Google

Preiskel & Co and Linklaters represent Kelkoo, an European price-comparison website, on abuse of dominance claim against Google’s UK, Ireland and US units. The claim for alleged abusive conduct in online search follows EC probe of Google for allegedly favouring its own comparison shopping service. Google UK has now formally responded to the claim, leaving Google Ireland and Google…

Preiskel & Co. shortlisted against Apple and Ed Vaizy for the ITSPA 2016 Awards

Preiskel & Co. has been shortlisted by the Internet Telephony Services Providers’ Association (ITSPA) for the Members’ Pick 2016 Award. Preiskel & Co’s nomination is stated to be due to our contribution to the telecoms industry and support for ITSPA over the years. The shortlist includes Apple, for their stance on encryption during their debate…

Preiskel & Co shortlisted for Best Tech Law Firm at the 2016 ISPA Awards

Preiskel & Co has been shortlisted by the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), for the 2016 Best Tech Law Firm Award. The winners will be announced at the 2016 ISPA Awards ceremony which will take place on Thursday 7 July at The Brewery in the City of London. The full list of awards has been…

3D printing: the next industrial revolution, in thousands of small layers. An English law perspective.

  3D printers use digital files to create objects from all sorts of different materials. The objects are first designed using appropriate software known as computer-aided design (CAD). The 3D printing process then ‘slices’ the object into many layers which are ‘printed’ on top of each other to create the object. This process is also…