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Mamo TCV Advocates Delivers GDPR Presentation to Medical Practitioners Telecoms, Media & Technology

Mamo TCV Advocates Delivers GDPR Presentation to Medical Practitioners

Dr. Claude Micallef-Grimaud, a senior associate at Mamo TCV Advocates, recently delivered a presentation to members of the Mediterranean Institute of Primary Care regarding the implications of the GDPR for medical professionals. The topics ranged from general data protection obligations imposed on all data controllers to specific obligations and requirements relevant to medical practitioners, particularly those specialised in occupational medicine. The talk also highlighted some exemptions and/or special circumstances that apply to certain medical practitioners (for example in connection with the carrying out of impact assessments and the appointment of a data protection officer). The event was held on 7th…
MamoTCV Advocates
10th September 2018
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Copyright and Freely Accessible Photos: The Implications for Website Operators and Social Media Users Intellectual Property

Copyright and Freely Accessible Photos: The Implications for Website Operators and Social Media Users

Early last month the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the reproduction of a photo on a website, not being the website through which the rightholder initially made that photo available to the public, constitutes a new communication to the public for the purpose of determining a copyright infringement claim. The Facts:-In case C-161/17, Mr Renckhoff brought proceedings before the Courts of Hamburg against the local authorities having the direct supervision of a secondary school. Mr Renckhoff was a photographer by profession and in 2009 it was possible for persons to access the school's website which…
Mark Soler
8th September 2018
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Copyright and Freely Accessible Photos: The Implications for Website Operators and Social Media Users Intellectual Property

Copyright and Freely Accessible Photos: The Implications for Website Operators and Social Media Users

Early last month the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the reproduction of a photo on a website, not being the website through which the rightholder initially made that photo available to the public, constitutes a new communication to the public for the purpose of determining a copyright infringement claim. The Facts:-In case C-161/17, Mr Renckhoff brought proceedings before the Courts of Hamburg against the local authorities having the direct supervision of a secondary school. Mr Renckhoff was a photographer by profession and in 2009 it was possible for persons to access the school's website which…
Mark Soler
8th September 2018
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Copyright and Freely Accessible Photos: The Implications for Website Operators and Social Media Users Intellectual Property

Copyright and Freely Accessible Photos: The Implications for Website Operators and Social Media Users

Early last month the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the reproduction of a photo on a website, not being the website through which the rightholder initially made that photo available to the public, constitutes a new communication to the public for the purpose of determining a copyright infringement claim. The Facts:-In case C-161/17, Mr Renckhoff brought proceedings before the Courts of Hamburg against the local authorities having the direct supervision of a secondary school. Mr Renckhoff was a photographer by profession and in 2009 it was possible for persons to access the school's website which…
Mark Soler
8th September 2018
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The Uniformity of ‘Energy Labels’ under EU Law Antitrust, Competition and TradeLitigation & Dispute Resolution

The Uniformity of ‘Energy Labels’ under EU Law

 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently delivered a judgment on a preliminary reference relating to the labelling of energy-consuming products, or 'energy labels'. In case c-632/16 the Commercial Court of Antwerp, in Belgium, was faced with the following problem.  The Facts :-Dyson, the applicant, is a Belgian company that markets vacuum cleaners that are not fitted with a dust bag. BSH, the respondent, is a Dutch company that markets conventional vacuum cleaners, under the trade marks Siemens and Bosch, that are fitted with a dust bag. According to Delegated Regulation No 665/2013 all market vacuum…
Mark Soler
3rd September 2018
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The Uniformity of ‘Energy Labels’ under EU Law Antitrust, Competition and TradeLitigation & Dispute Resolution

The Uniformity of ‘Energy Labels’ under EU Law

 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently delivered a judgment on a preliminary reference relating to the labelling of energy-consuming products, or 'energy labels'. In case c-632/16 the Commercial Court of Antwerp, in Belgium, was faced with the following problem.  The Facts :-Dyson, the applicant, is a Belgian company that markets vacuum cleaners that are not fitted with a dust bag. BSH, the respondent, is a Dutch company that markets conventional vacuum cleaners, under the trade marks Siemens and Bosch, that are fitted with a dust bag. According to Delegated Regulation No 665/2013 all market vacuum…
Mark Soler
3rd September 2018