16 December 2020
Bird & Bird’s Digital Rights & Assets group review the EU’s draft Data Governance Act and discuss its political reception and interaction with GDPR
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/bird-and-birds-digital-rights-and-assets-group-review-the-eus-draft-data-governance-act

Our newly formed global Digital Rights & Assets group are delighted to present to you a podcast exploring some of the key issues relating to the European Commission’s draft Data Governance Act. In furtherance of its ...

12 February 2021
Media Regulatory. Brexit from a Dutch perspective
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/netherlands/media-regulatory-brexit-from-a-dutch-perspective

The exit of the United Kingdom has consequences in particular for the regulated television market. As of 1 January 2021, audiovisual media services licensed (only) by the UK regulator Ofcom will no longer be able to ...

08 April 2021
Artificial intelligence and data sharing
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/artificial-intelligence-and-data-sharing

In the context of the digital economy, data is often referred to as the new fuel driving the economy. This comparison has its origin in the title of a May 2017 report by The Economist entitled "The world's most valuable ...

16 April 2021
E-warranty card in Hungary – how it helps international delivery of goods and protection of consumer rights
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/hungary/e-warranty-card-in-hungary

As of 1 January 2021, new rules entered into force affecting the statutory warranty rules for durable consumer goods in Hungary. The regulation is not entirely new but contains amendments to the standing Government ...

16 July 2019
IP protection for key digital assets in the Energy Industry
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/ip-protection-for-key-digital-assets-in-the-energy-industry

The increasing digitisation of the energy industry depends in part on two things: data and AI. Is it possible to protect these key assets with IP rights?

02 December 2020
Digital Platforms to be subject to a Digital Code in the UK to protect competition
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/digital-platforms-to-be-subject-to-a-digital-code-in-the-uk-to-protect-competition

The Government has decided to move ahead with the establishment of the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) and the adoption of an enforceable code of conduct to tackle digital markets (Digital Code). These measures are designed ...

29 September 2020
Intellectual Property Rights in Recipes and Food
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/intellectual-property-rights-in-recipes-and-food

The food industry is a sector brimming with creativity and fast paced food innovation. Chefs, bakers, and food bloggers are constantly creating, adapting and following recipes in the pursuit of new ideas for delicious ...

26 November 2020
The European Commission’s proposed Data Governance Act makes trust a cornerstone of data sharing
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-european-comissions-proposed-data-governance-act

In February 2020, the European Commission published its European Strategy for Data which set out the Commission’s vision for a single market for data across the EU, to provide access to high quality data sets and enable ...

20 January 2021
Final act in the judicial saga on the TV broadcasting rights for Italian football championship
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/italy/final-act-in-the-judicial-saga-on-the-tv-broadcasting-rights-for-italian-football-championship

On 28 December 2020, the Italian Supreme Administrative Court (Consiglio di Stato – "CDS") issued a judgment marking the last act in the national judicial dispute related to the assignment of the Lega Serie A (i.e. the ...

16 March 2021
Copyright and related rights – AGCM opened an investigation on an alleged anti-competitive agreement in the Italian audio-visual market
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/italy/agcm-opened-an-investigation-on-an-alleged-anticompetitive-agreement

On 2 February 2021, the Italian National Competition Authority (“AGCM”) opened an investigation against the Italian Society for Authors and Publishers (“SIAE”) – organisation responsible for the collective management of ...