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In a landmark judgment on March 14, 2019 (Case C‑724/17, Vantaa vs. Skanska Industrial Solutions and others), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that companies cannot use corporate restructuring to escape their liability for cartel damages, setting an important precedent for future claims for damages under
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Earlier in the year I wrote in the The Times’ Brief (subscription required) about a case being brought by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) against its landlord in relation to its extensive premises at Canary Wharf. The EMA was just a few years into its 25 year lease when it
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At the moment, most investors with a dispute against a state party can bring those disputes before arbitral tribunals comprised (usually) of party-appointed international law experts. A recent opinion by an advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) indicates that in future these types of
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by Claire Stockford and Julia Gontarska The Member States of the European Union have agreed to terminate all intra-EU bilateral investment treaties (“BITs”) following the 2018 Achmea judgment in which the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) declared investor-state arbitration clauses in BITs incompatible with EU law.
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The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee, JURI, recently voted to approve Article 11 and 13 of the proposed EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The legislation seeks to clamp down on the misuse of copyrighted material and has been widely heralded by publishers as providing long overdue
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This article looks at the continuing evolution of the law of copyright in the US, and considers how US case law might influence lawyers in the EU. The story begins in July 2016, when Justin Goldman was walking in the streets of New York City. Goldman spotted American football quarterback
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According to its recent annual report on intellectual property rights protection, Alibaba has improved the processes for the takedown of infringing material and addressing counterfeit goods listed on the site. The three main messages from the report are: 95% of takedown requests were processed within 24 hours, a 68% reduction
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The European Commission has published the 2018 EU Justice Scoreboard which gives a comparative overview of the independence, quality and efficiency of justice systems in the EU Member States. Peter Drucker, a well known management guru, is often quoted as saying that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” In
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The European Union Intellectual Property Office has launched a brief video on the Enforcement Database. The short and simplistic video explains a complex issue. The storage of data on brands to help the enforcement authorities identify counterfeit goods.
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Last month, the European Commission published the paper Towards an enhanced responsibility of online platforms concerning the fight against illegal online content. The Commission states that its aim is to “facilitate and intensify the implementation of good practices for preventing, detecting, removing and disabling access to illegal content”. It is hoped that
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