time.lex news and updates

The EU Court of Justice confirmed that a cosmetics group is not allowed to prohibit its appointed distributors to sell its products via the internet. In its block exemption for vertical restraints of 2010, the EU Commission tried to combine the open internet market with the requirements of selective and exclusive distribution systems. Can sales restrictions survive in an open virtual market ?

Selective distribution: internet sales cannot be prohibited written by Stefan Van Camp in News & announcements.

A pact with Facebook - Timeline, the story of your life

fanny-coudert@example.com (Fanny Coudert) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:51:00 +0200

Facebook recently launched 'Timeline'. Through this tool, users can share their personal history with friends and family. The privacy risks to end users are however very real, and shed new light on the need for a 'right to be forgotten'. Fanny Coudert of time.lex examines this concept in further detail.

A pact with Facebook - Timeline, the story of your life written by Fanny Coudert in E-pinion.

Tags: Facebook, timeline, privacy, data protection, right to be forgotten.

Bitcoin: a bit too far?

edwin-jacobs@example.com (Edwin Jacobs) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:25:00 +0200

Edwin Jacobs takes a look at the legal challenges surrounding Bitcoin

Bitcoin: a bit too far? written by Edwin Jacobs in E-business.

Tags: Directive, Regulations, Bitcoin, e-money.

Easy come, easy go: legal framework for electronic registered mail abolished again

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:23:00 +0200

A mere ten days before it would have entered into force, the new legislation is taken off the books

Easy come, easy go: legal framework for electronic registered mail abolished again written by Hans Graux in Rules & regulations.

Tags: electronic registered mail, laws, Belgium, eSignatures, trust services, TTP.

New legal regime for website cookies to be implemented in May 2011

geert-somers@example.com (Geert Somers) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:21:00 +0200

The deadline for implementation of the revised e-privacy directive is rapidly aproaching. Website operators and providers of marketing services are left with a number of questions and uncertainty in relation to the use of website cookies. Geert Somers of time.lex gives a deeper look into the new legal guidelines for the interpretation of the directive.

New legal regime for website cookies to be implemented in May 2011 written by Geert Somers in Rules & regulations.

Tags: Cookies, Direct marketing, Directive, Privacy, Regulations.

Graphical User Interfaces, screenshots and copyright: a complex relationship

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:20:00 +0200

The status of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a computer program as a work covered by copyright comes up frequently in legal discussions between software companies. A decision issued by the Court of Justice in December 2010 may add further nuances to the discussions.

Graphical User Interfaces, screenshots and copyright: a complex relationship written by Hans Graux in E-pinion.

Tags: Copyright, Court of Justice, GUI.

Advocate General of the European Court of Justice issues opinion on filtering and blocking of electronic communications

fanny-coudert@example.com (Fanny Coudert) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:19:00 +0200

According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón the significant restrictions to fundamental rights posed by filtering and blocking electronic communications systems in order to protect intellectual property rights cannot be based on a national court order.

Advocate General of the European Court of Justice issues opinion on filtering and blocking of electronic communications written by Fanny Coudert in Copyright & other IP.

Tags: Copyright, filtering, ISP, Court of Justice, SABAM, Scarlet.

Belgian Passenger Name Record approval act survives legal challenge on procedural grounds

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:03:00 +0200

In a March 2011 ruling, the Belgian Constitutional Court declares an appeal against the act inadmissible, and the act without object

Belgian Passenger Name Record approval act survives legal challenge on procedural grounds written by Hans Graux in Privacy & data protection.

Tags: Privacy, Belgium, data protection, PNR, Passenger Name Record, constitutional court.

Gillberg v. Sweden: when privacy rights clash with public access to official research documents

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:07:00 +0200

European Court of Human Rights allows criminal conviction to stand for refusal to allow access to research documents over privacy concerns

Gillberg v. Sweden: when privacy rights clash with public access to official research documents written by Hans Graux in Privacy & data protection.

Tags: Privacy, Court of Human Rights, Gillberg, Sweden, Public access, access rights, official documents.

New Commission Decision on eSignature formats in the context of the Services Directive

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:12:00 +0200

Member States will have to be capable of handling "an XML or a CMS or a PDF advanced electronic signature in the BES or EPES format"

New Commission Decision on eSignature formats in the context of the Services Directive written by Hans Graux in Rules & regulations.

Tags: eSignatures, Services Directive, Point of Single Contact, PSC, signature format, European Union.

Study on Cloud Computing and challenges to Security, Privacy and Trust published

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:16:00 +0100

In this study performed for the European Commission - DG INFSO, time.lex contributed to a better understanding of the legal challenges surrounding cloud computing

Study on Cloud Computing and challenges to Security, Privacy and Trust published written by Hans Graux in News & announcements.

Tags: European Union, study, cloud computing, legal aspects.

eHealth Strategies study results: Summary report and country reports on eHealth progress in Europe - time.lex law office contributes domain expertise

jos-dumortier@example.com (Jos Dumortier) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:21:00 +0100

eHealth moves ahead in Europe: Reports on eHealth strategies and implementations in 30 countries in Europe available - experts of time.lex law office in Brussels contributed expertise to these reports.

eHealth Strategies study results: Summary report and country reports on eHealth progress in Europe - time.lex law office contributes domain expertise written by Jos Dumortier in News & announcements.

Tags: European Union, study, eHealth.

Belgian Supreme Court rules on the challenge of proving a negative fact in cybersquatting proceedings

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:23:00 +0100

How does one prove the absence of any lawful claim or legitimate interest with the opposing party?

Belgian Supreme Court rules on the challenge of proving a negative fact in cybersquatting proceedings written by Hans Graux in E-business.

Tags: Belgium, Supreme Court, cybersquatting, legitimate interest, proof, negative fact.

Yahoo! saga continues: Ghent Court of Appeal to re-hear criminal cooperation case

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:27:00 +0100

New decision of the Belgian Supreme Court annuls an earlier ruling which acquitted Yahoo! from alleged failure to collaborate with law enforcement officials

Yahoo! saga continues: Ghent Court of Appeal to re-hear criminal cooperation case written by Hans Graux in Cybercrime.

Tags: Belgium, Supreme Court, Yahoo, criminal cooperation, fraud, webmail.

The Brussels Court of Appeal rejects e-mail evidence

jos-dumortier@example.com (Jos Dumortier) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:30:00 +0100

The Brussels Court of Appeal refused e-mail messages as evidence claiming that the security of communications on the internet is not guaranteed.

The Brussels Court of Appeal rejects e-mail evidence written by Jos Dumortier in E-business.

Tags: Belgium, Court of Appeal, e-mail, evidence, evidentiary value.

Ruling from Supreme Court clarifies the evidentiary value of security camera images

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:33:00 +0100

The legal definition of a 'security camera' does not limit the types of cases where the images can be used as evidence

Ruling from Supreme Court clarifies the evidentiary value of security camera images written by Hans Graux in Cybercrime.

Tags: Belgium, Supreme Court, evidentiary value, security cameras.

New legal framework for electronic and hybrid registered mail adopted in Belgium

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:36:00 +0100

As of 30 June 2011, the scope of the Belgian eSignatures Act will be extended to include electronic/hybrid registered mail

New legal framework for electronic and hybrid registered mail adopted in Belgium written by Hans Graux in Rules & regulations.

Tags: electronic registered mail, laws, Belgium, hybrid mail.

Legal validity of Creative Commons licenses affirmed by Belgian court

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:39:00 +0100

In the first published Belgian case involving one of the Creative Commons licenses, the Court of Nivelles upholds the terms of the license against infringing use

Legal validity of Creative Commons licenses affirmed by Belgian court written by Hans Graux in Copyright & other IP.

Tags: Belgium, court, creative commons, validity.

Yahoo! not required to hand over information on webmail users to Belgian investigators

hans-graux@example.com (Hans Graux) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:42:00 +0200

The Court of Appeals in Ghent ruled that Yahoo! is not subject to the same cooperation regulations as communications network operators or as communications service providers

Yahoo! not required to hand over information on webmail users to Belgian investigators written by Hans Graux in Cybercrime.

Tags: Belgium, Yahoo, fraud, webmail, Court of Appeal.