Today on the 28th of November, the UK government confirmed it will proceed with its preparations to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement.
Author: Kim Goudzwaard
An Update on the Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Regulations
On September 3rd 2016, the twenty-second meeting of The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee voted for the decision to amend the law on foreign-funded enterprises (FFE), which consist of domestic wholly foreign owned enterprises and Sino-foreign joint ventures. Features and Impacts of the new regime: The amendments replace the existing the Ministry of Commerce …
Electronic Dance Music in China
Amsterdam Dance Event Panel: “China: A New Electronic Nation?” with Rainbow Gao (The Mansion, CN), Robin Leembruggen (Mad Panda, CN), MIIIA (DJ/Producer, CN), Paul Neuteboom (Modern Sky Entertainment, CN), Spencer Tarring (DJ/founder of Pyro) On the first day of the Amsterdam Dance Event[1] conference held all over Amsterdam last week, a panel moderated by China-based …
Conducting Transactions with Americans: A Few Regulatory Obstacles of Concern
After taking a hit through the financial crisis, the global M&A activity has been experiencing a consistent growth during the past five years. With 2015 being a record year marked with exceptionally large transactions, the market seems to be continuously confident. Activists nowadays are relying more and more on cross-border transactions as a source of value …
Towards a more global Internet – The end of total American control on domain names
Since the creation of the internet, and its global development in the ’90s, the world wide web remains, in part, under control of the U.S. Commerce Department. The Californian non-profit company ICANN[1] (Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers) is responsible for the administration of IP addresses worldwide, as well as the global responsibility for …
Data protection: The Rise of the Privacy Shield
On July 12th 2016, the European Commission adopted the substitute for the Safe Harbor, the data protection agreement previously signed between the Commission and the United States Department of Commerce in 2010. This new agreement is referred to as the “Privacy Shield”. As a reminder of the present state, the European Union Court of Justice …
LUMP SUM OR ACTUAL PREJUDICE COMPENSATION? BOTH, SAYS THE COURT
An important goal when acting against infringements of rights is to receive compensation for your loss. But what kind of compensation does the law offer you? Directive 2004/48 of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights created two sets of compensation rules in article 13(1): either the national authorities choose a compensation …
Open, Alibaba… But not to Counterfeiting
There has already been controversy surrounding the operations of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holdings. Taobao, a platform under the Alibaba portfolio, has been accused of allowing vast amounts of counterfeit goods to be knowingly sold by users of the website. These allegations did not rise to a threatening level until the Chinese Government itself …
The New Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Arbitration Rules in 2016: A Comparative view
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)’s new Arbitration Rules from 1 August 2016 onwards Singapore, just like the Netherlands, is one of the most attractive arbitration forums in the world. SIAC continuously improves the arbitration rules to provide parties with the most efficient ways to solve disputes. There are several changes to the Singapore International Arbitration …
GOODBYE OLD FRIEND…
Brexit and the consequences for intellectual property rights On June 24th, 2016, the United Kingdom referendum result came: Brexit over Remain. Though the economic and political effects of this exit of the European Union are yet to be determined, we are currently able to discern some of the most foreseeable consequences for intellectual property rights.