The Ins and Outs of Geoblocking
7 min to read
01 November 2016
The Ins and Outs of Geoblocking
Geoblocking has become a controversial topic. The European Commission sees unjustified geoblocking as an impediment to the Digital Single Market. There is a broader perception that geoblocking contributes...
Digital Single Market: Opening the EU to digital business or restricting the market?
9 min to read
24 May 2016
Digital Single Market: Opening the EU to digital business or restricting the market?
Roger Bickerstaff, Bird &Bird LLP, President IFCLA is speaking on the DSM at the IFCLA conference on 9th and 10th June 2016 (see www.IFCLA2016.com).    The paper...
Digital Single Market: two new directive proposals for consumer contracts on digital content and online sale of goods
2 min to read
22 April 2016
Digital Single Market: two new directive proposals for consumer contracts on digital content and online sale of goods
At the end of 2015, the European Commission published two directive proposals. These proposals see to the supply of digital content (COM (2015) 634) and the online and other distance sales of goods to...
From Industry 4.0 to Energy 4.0: Future Business Models and Legal Relations
2 min to read
20 April 2016
From Industry 4.0 to Energy 4.0: Future Business Models and Legal Relations
Digitisation is affecting more and more industries. While energy has been key to all industrial revolution so far, not all parts of the energy industry may have as yet fully realised how much the current...
EU Digital Single Market - Spectrum Proposals
3 min to read
14 February 2016
EU Digital Single Market – Spectrum Proposals
The EU Commission has recently presented a proposal (see http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-207_en.htm) to coordinate the use of the 700 MHz band for mobile services. The...
EU Digital Single Market – Progress Tracker
2 min to read
15 January 2016
EU Digital Single Market – Progress Tracker
The EU Commission launched its Digital Single Market (DSM) initiative on 5 May 2015. The initiative has a very ambitious and wide ranging scope with the intention of enabling the free movement of goods,...
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