Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation the (“GDPR”) has been in force for a little over four months, but it is important to remember that May 25th was just the beginning of a new chapter in data protection and privacy rights. In this blog, Preiskel & Co Partner Jose Saras answers questions and discusses what he’s…
Back in 1994 the journalist Nick Davies wrote a fascinating piece about John Cunliffe, the creator of Postman Pat, who has just died. Davies described how Cunliffe sold his rights to his creation: “[Cunliffe] agreed that Woodland Animations could make films and produce merchandise, while he would still have the right to produce books providing they…
It is reported that Germany’s Ministry of Economy will consider the results of a study which aimed at boosting the competition law tools available to German competition law authorities to act against companies, particularly in the digital economy. In particular, the study suggested that the threshold for regulatory intervention should be lowered in some cases,…
The European Commission has cleared CK Hutchison’s takeover of Italian telecoms group, Wind Tre, subject to CK Huthcison agreeing to take full responsibility for the conditions imposed on Wind Tre when it was created. These conditions relate to the completion of spectrum transfer and site divestment, and to the implementation of the national roaming agreement…
The 27th season of the Premier League kicked off earlier this month with the revelation that global investment and trading platform eToro had signed first-of-their-kind sponsorship deals with seven high-profile English Premier League clubs. Significantly, the press release confirmed that eToro will not pay for the sponsorship rights in regular ‘fiat’ currency, but in Bitcoin…
On 7 August the judgment in Case C-161/17 Land Nordrhein-Westfalen v Dirk Renckhoff was published. The judgment is in response to a preliminary reference which asked the following question: ‘Does the inclusion of a work — which is freely accessible to all internet users on a third-party website with the consent of the copyright holder — on…
It is reported that a policy paper from Senator Mark Warner’s office has posited a number of suggestions to tackle issues posed by Big Tech. One of the key themes in the paper is the promotion of competition in the tech space. Some of these reflect the ideas put forward in a paper co-authored by…
On 23 July 2018, the Government published its Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review. The Review and the Government’s policy position is born of frustration. The UK has just 4% fibre to the premises (FTTP/FTTH). This is a national disgrace; the UK is lagging far behind other EU countries. Obvious and simple measures to support investment are…
Commentary on Capitalism in the age of Robots: Adair Turner’s Speech on Artificial Intelligence. Introduction AI will automate a large number of jobs, and potentially put a lot of people out of work; this was reportedly Matt Hancock’s nightmare when in his recent role at DCMS. It has made for dramatic headlines about our rapidly…
It has been reported today that the UK Government sees free-to-use digital services as raising antitrust issues. In a response to a House of Lords Select Committee on Communications inquiry, UK advertising in a digital age, the Government indicates that “digital services – particularly those that are free-to-use and funded by advertising – pose challenges…
