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On 6 October 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter CJEU) rendered a major decision by reaffirming the importance of the protectio…
Lire plusThe Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) provides that European companies may transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area i…
Lire plusThe law on electronic archiving ("Law") was voted through by the Luxembourg parliament on 2 July 2015, offering market niches for new tech companies a…
Lire plusThe Court of Justice, by its judgment on 6 October 2015 in case C-362/14, declared invalid the US Safe Harbour scheme which provides for personal data…
Lire plusIn its judgment of 6 October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the so-called Safe Harbour Decision of the European Commissi…
Lire plusCompanies often rely on third parties to manage their websites, host databases, maintain their IT infrastructure, organize marketing campaigns, etc.
Lire plusLuxembourg has adopted the law that approves the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the “Agreement”) on 12 April 2015, about two years after the sig…
Lire plusSocial plugins such as Facebook's Like button and Twitter's Tweet button are very popular as they allow sites to extend their reach and increase their…
Lire plusIn 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…
Lire plusOctober 2014, Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Media, Xavier Bettel, presented the so-called "Digital Letzebuerg" in the…
Lire plusTo recap, the European Parliament, after many years of discussion, voted positively on 11 December 2012 on two draft EU Regulations on a unitary paten…
Lire plusDirective 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…
Lire plusLuxembourg's government has for several years expressed its strong intention to solidify and expand Luxembourg as a key player in the field of Intelle…
Lire plusThe CJEU rendered two important decisions regarding the embedded linking of copyright protected work and on the scope of legitimate hyperlinking.
Lire plusIn 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…
Lire plusOn 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…
Lire plusThe Luxembourg data protection association called l'Association pour la protection des données (the APDL) was officially launched on 11 March 2014.
Lire plusThe 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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