On 28 February, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) launched its Coor…
The ESAs have published the first set of final draft technical standards un…
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In a recent judgment dated 22 January 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that the competent court for breach of copyright…
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October 2014, Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Media, Xavier Bettel, presented the so-called "Digital Letzebuerg" in the…
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To recap, the European Parliament, after many years of discussion, voted positively on 11 December 2012 on two draft EU Regulations on a unitary paten…
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Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rig…
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Luxembourg's government has for several years expressed its strong intention to solidify and expand Luxembourg as a key player in the field of Intelle…
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The CJEU rendered two important decisions regarding the embedded linking of copyright protected work and on the scope of legitimate hyperlinking.
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In the framework of the Lisbon strategy for growth and employment in the EU, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg added Article 50bis to the Income Tax Act 1…
Lire plusLuxembourg's audiovisual environment was formerly mainly focused on broadcasting activities and has been diversified with the creation of infrastructu…
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On 20 October 2014, an amended version of the much anticipated Luxembourg E-Archiving Law Proposal (see our newsflash on the initial Proposal of 13 Fe…
Lire plusThe EU's main data protection body, the Article 29 Working Party, recently published an Opinion on the application of European data protection rules t…
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The Luxembourg data protection association called l'Association pour la protection des données (the APDL) was officially launched on 11 March 2014.
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The Cour de cassation, Luxembourg's highest court in civil and criminal matters, rendered an important decision on 3 April 2014 regarding data theft.
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On 25 March 2014, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP 29") issued Opinion 03/2014 (the "Opinion"). The Opinion provides guidance to data controllers to …
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The law approving the Convention on cybercrime signed in Budapest on 23 November 2001 and its additional protocol on xenophobia and racism signed in S…
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By judgement rendered on 13 May 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) affirms the right "to be forgotten" by acknowledging that a person may requi…
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On August 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel ("Court of Appe…
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On September 3, 2014, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a judgment in response to a request from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel ("Court of A…
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On 13 May 2014 the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) rendered a decision in a case in which the Court had to answer important questions relating to …
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In a decision of 27 March 2014, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) held that Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the “Copyright Dir…
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In 2012, the Court of Appeal of Svea (Sweden) submitted to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) preliminary questions on whether providing hyperlin…
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