On 25 November 2020, the European Commission published a new Action Plan on Intellectual Property to support the EU’s recovery and resilience. The action plan aims to help companies, especially small and ...

This article explores whether competition law can give companies a right of access to another company’s data. Three short case studies illustrate how the described principles work in practice.

The Court of Justice of the European Union will deliver its highly anticipated judgment on Thursday 16 July 2020, in the Case C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland & Schrems.

In a decision dated 28 April 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority imposed an administrative fine of EUR 50,000 on a telecom services provider for having appointed as its Data Protection Officer its existing ...

Our Bird & Bird experts provides practical guidance on how to reconcile the competing needs of an antitrust investigation and data protection law, and how to limit the resulting risks for companies.

In 2019, national courts in individual EU Member States and in Australia delivered a series of important rulings in the copyright field. This contribution provides a round-up of the most significant judgments ...

Amidst the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Belgian Data Protection Authority ("DPA") has very recently issued guidance on a number of recurring questions concerning the preventive measures taken by ...

Bird & Bird has retained the top ranking in Who's Who Legal's annual analysis of Data recognising the leading lawyers in the areas of data privacy and protection, data security, information technology and telecoms ...

The CJEU is considering the validity of the standard contractual clauses, whether transfers of personal data to the US breach the EU Charter and the impact of the Privacy Shield.

In the latest episode of the case between Facebook and the Belgian Data Protection Authority, the Brussels Court of Appeal has referred 6 preliminary questions concerning the power of the Authority to engage in ...