With decision of 09.27.2023 (C T-172/21), the Court of the European Union stated that the activation of geoblocking in order to prevent the access to videogames available on the Steam platform, represents a violation of the European law on competition. How does geoblocking work? Geo-blocking is a practice, generally realized by localizing the user’s […]
Hiroshima AI Process: G7 approves the conduct code for Artificial Intelligence developers
On October 30th 2023, the G7 leaders issued a joint statement recognizing the potential of advanced artificial intelligence systems and generative AI models. At the same time, the Group of Seven highlighted the importance of keeping humankind at the center of the system, controlling the risks connected to the development of new technologies, most of […]
A face of a woman cannot be registered as trademark if it lacks distinctive character
The European Union Intellectual Property Office – EUIPO – has recently rejected the EU trademark application of a sign consisting in the photographic representation of a woman’s face (in particular, of the face of a Dutch model) claiming classes 35 and 41 specified as follows: Class 35: services of mannequins and models for advertising or […]
Digital Markets Act: found the gatekeepers
On September 6th 2023, the European Commission announced the identification of the platforms, that, within the next 6 months, will have to comply with the new obligations imposed by the Digital Markets Act. The gatekeepers selected by the Commission are six: Alphabet (parent company of Google); Amazon; Apple; ByteDance (parent company of Tiktok); Meta (Facebook). […]