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Selective distribution: internet sales cannot be prohibited

Ecrit par Stefan Van Camp à dans le catégorie Nouvelles & communications

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 ?

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

Ecrit par Fanny Coudert à dans le catégorie E-pinion avec le , , , , .

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.

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

Ecrit par Geert Somers à dans le catégorie Lois & règles avec le , , , , .

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.

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

Ecrit par Fanny Coudert à dans le catégorie Propriété intellectuelle avec le , , , , , .

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.

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