Coming out of Europe this week are two apparently opposite movements: one seeks stronger protections for Internet users’ personal information; the other, aims to relax intellectual property laws and allow the use of copyright materials without the owners’ approval.
At one end of the spectrum, the European Commission has called for strengthening [...]
Continue Reading →There may finally be a light at the end of the tunnel in Microsoft’s antitrust battle with the European Union (EU). Since the 1990s, the European Commission (EC), the regulatory body of the EU, has been investigating Microsoft’s business and competition practices. As a result of these investigations, the [...]
Continue Reading →In Luxembourg, the European Court of Justice is set to rule on the validity of Chocoladefabriken, Lindt, & Sprungli’s trademark claim to a chocolate bunny. Lindt was granted a European trademark on the foil-wrapped bunny in 2001 and has been actively defending it ever since. Infringers, however, believe the bunny should never [...]
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