In our earlier publication, we wrote that last summer the Estonian court asked the European Court of Justice a question related to the online sales of counterfeit goods and who can be held responsible for such activities. By now, the European Court of Justice has given its reply. Read more
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In December 2000, the Digital Signatures Act entered into force in Estonia. In less than two years, the first contract was concluded by using digital signature and soon electronic identification and digital signatures became part of daily life of Estonian people. When visiting other countries, we allowed ourselves an occasional smirk when looking how natives Read more
How and why to make a distinction between crypto coins and crypto tokens? It is a question increasingly addressed to legal advisers. The lawyers of TRINITI Finance, Intellectual Property and IT Law teams advise their customers namely in these areas. Read more
‘My post of yesterday already has 97 likes and three shares. That’s great! Keep sharing and liking it! But remove it immediately from the wall of the Rotten Party! And don’t even think about using any of my photos on a website of a vegan barbeque joint without paying me! This is monkey business, I’m Read more
The European Court of Human Rights passed a judgement in a case last year where the main issue was whether or not the court had ordered excessively large compensation for non-pecuniary damage for defamation. More precisely, was the 1,25 million euros ordered by the Court of Justice of Ireland too big a sum for publishing Read more
Mr. Manni was a director of Italiana Costruzioni Srl, an Italian building company that was awarded a contract for the construction of a tourist complex. He found out that he was losing clients who performed background checks of the company. Read more
On 11th May, Advocate General Szpunar of European Union Court of Justice delivered an opinion in preliminary ruling procedure C-343/15. In Spain, the issue in proceedings was a service by the name of UberPop, whereby non-professional private drivers transport passengers using their own vehicles. Read more
When lodging an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) it is important to keep in mind that it is a formal and quite complex procedure where even one small mistake can cost you your right to even recourse to the Court. In addition, ECHR is not a court of fourth instance and Read more
While the internet has made it easier for people around the world to communicate, it has also created opportunities for widespread infringement of rights, including by the publishing of false statements. Individual about whom the false information is published can be physically thousands of kilometers away from the offender. Read more
First and foremost, the name of a trademark protected in the whole European Union and hitherto known as the Community trademark is being changed. From March 23, 2016 it will be called the European Union trademark. All the existing Community trademarks and their applications will be renamed to the European Union’s trademarks and their applications. Read more