The European Commission published on 21 February 2024 a white paper named "How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?" which launches a public consultation on 12 scenarios setting out the European Commission's ideas...more
On November 9, 2023, the European Parliament adopted the EU Data Act, a new regulation providing harmonized rules on access to data, switching cloud providers and interoperability requirements across the EU. It is widely...more
The EU Commission considers intervening in the commercial relationship between large Content and Application Providers (CAPs) and Internet Access Providers (ISPs) by introducing a sort of compensation payable by certain...more
The European Commission issued its non-binding guidance on 1 February 2023 to help providers of online platforms and search engines comply with the requirement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) to publish information on their...more
Key Points - The European Parliament has reached agreement on new legislation to require certain providers of online services to comply with new obligations in order to ensure online safety and to prevent the spread of...more
The ground-breaking draft European Union Act on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which has far-reaching implications beyond Europe, is currently going through the legislative procedure of the European Parliament and Council. The...more
For many years, the regulation of digital markets has been a key priority in Europe. In 2015, the European Commission committed the EU to the creation of a digital single market – and that commitment spawned a series of...more
While further clarity on the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (“DSM Directive”) can be expected at the European level in the next two weeks with the guidelines of the EU Commission on Art. 17 of the DSM...more
Proposal for the Digital Services Act - The long-awaited update to the e-Commerce Directive proposes new obligations for online platforms and changes to the ‘safe harbours’ from liability for infringing content. On 15...more
The European Commission has published an inception impact assessment for a potential legislative proposal establishing a European Health Data Space. In its document, the European Commission identifies the problems currently...more
Awaited with bated breath by stakeholders in the online industry and by IP right holders alike, the EU Commission published its official draft for the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is conceived as one of the central...more
Prior to the Coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission was making substantial progress with its Digital Single Market strategy, aimed at ensuring better access to online goods and services by limiting barriers to...more
The European Commission launched the digital single market as early as 2015 to deliver its main legislative proposals, among them proposals for boosting e-commerce, ePrivacy, IP protection, the harmonization of digital...more
This week, the European Commission published white papers detailing its strategies regarding the use of data and artificial intelligence ("AI"). Several additional reports accompany the white papers and cover topics such as...more
In 2019, the Council of the European Union’s Committee of Permanent Representatives approved a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market to respond to developments in the modes and markets for creation, production...more
The EU Member States' Approval - The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (“Directive”) was finally approved by all EU legislative bodies on April 15, 2019. Introducing “modernizing EU copyright rules for...more
Today the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Copyright Directive (the “Directive”), ending a negotiation process which first started with the Commission’s proposal for a new Directive in early 2016. ...more
The European Parliament plenary voted 348 to 274 on March 26 to approve the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (Copyright Directive). Originally proposed in September 2016, the current text...more
On April 4, 2019, the European Commission published a report1 prepared by three special advisers (the Advisers) appointed by EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to explore how EU competition policy should evolve in...more
In seeking to protect the rights of copyright holders in their works shared online, the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market presents a new liability mechanism for online content-sharing service providers....more
On 26 March 2019 the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive (“Directive”) into EU law. After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, the EP’s...more
Yesterday (26 March 2019) the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive into EU law. After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, the EP’s adopted...more
Today a short time ago the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive into EU law. After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, it will become EU...more
Changes to the AVMS Directive are important for pan-European broadcast and on-demand services. The European Commission proposed the directive amending the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU) (AVMS Directive)...more
Last night the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council finally agreed the text of the long-awaited draft Copyright Directive....more