Posting pictures of minors on social networks is highly discouraged. It should be considered that over half of the pictures contained on pedo-pornographic websites comes… Go to full article…
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Brexit: what happens to European trademarks and designs?
The transition period for the exit of theUnited Kingdom from the European Union will end, unless last minute decisions, on December 31st 2020. It is as… Go to full article…
Negative reviews: the boundary between the right to criticize and online defamation
With a recent judgment of September 21st 2020, the Court of Rome explained the boundary between legitimate criticism and defamation in case of unflattering reviews published… Go to full article…
Framing vs Embedding: when a link containing a protected work infringes copyright
The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Maciej Szpunar, was called to establish if it is lawful to integrate… Go to full article…
Social credentials: what happens to personal data after the owner’s death?
The transferring of digital heritage due to death is a phenomenon that in the last few years has gained a primary importance but that, to this day,… Go to full article…
“Teran”: conflict between PDO and name of a grape variety
“Teran” is a protected designation of origin (PDO) for Slovenian wines but it is also the name of a wine grape variety used in Croatia…. Go to full article…
A kick to a ball: a conceptually weak trademark
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Board of Appeal has recently stated that signs that have to do with soccer lack a strong conceptual identity when… Go to full article…
Copyright protection for concept store confirmed but to pay compensation objective criteria are needed
The Court of Cassation, with judgement no. 8433 of April 30th 2020, confirmed once again that a project of interior design can benefit from the… Go to full article…
Website blocking and freedom of expression
The European Court of Human Rights with a recent decision indicated as unlawful some measures of the Russian telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor which blocked many websites,… Go to full article…
Prohibition of data transfer to United States: the short-circuit of decision “Schrems II”
Privacy in Europe is a very serious matter, and we can only be happy and proud of this. Protecting personal data of an individual means… Go to full article…
