Opinions

A vey interesting piece of audio from The Economist about three hot topics on legal issues related to technology: the antitrust case over e-book pricing, the intellectual property lawsuit between Google and Oracle and the merger of two big 3-D printing companies. Enjoy!  

A new decision published at the end of last month (DGRN 31-3-12) makes it impossible to cease as an administrator if the company owes taxes. The Tax Agency is entitled to discharge a company when the company has breached its tax obligations. The consequences of such discharge are the immediate closing of the page open to … Continued

The Spanish “Internet Law” Law on Information Society Services and E-Commerce (Ley 34/2002, known as LSSI) has been amended by Royal Decree 13/2012, March 30, published in the official journal of March 31st to comply with Directive 2009/136/CE, amending Directive 2002/58/EC on Privacy and Electronic Communications. This amendment, though not being a significant change, merits … Continued

An interesting report by the OECD states that fossile fuels receive between 45.000.000.000,-$ and 75.000.000.000,-$ anually only in OECD countries, if other economies were included the amount would increase to 400.000.000.000,-$. Why do we promote fossile fuels???

…we have been very busy at our Firm with litigation following the retroactive cuts of feed in tariff, and the moratorium of feed in tariffs in general in Spain.   As expounded in various articles over the past year both RD1565/2010 and RDL14/2010 have rigorously limited the years during which photovoltaic power plants are entitled … Continued

Flights, rooms and of course the event are booked: we will be attending the 6th Corporate Counsel Exchange as a solution provider on 23rd – 25th of April 2012 in the Radisson Edwardian Heathrow Hotel in London. We’re looking forward to it. We is: Piet Holtrop was born in the Netherlands, raised in Germany, and studied … Continued

As we did in previous years also this year we have sponsored the English version of APPA’s macroeconomical impact Study. Please download the study here. The study only takes into account real statistical information, for that reason the study is about the year 2010.

Michael Geist, a Professor at Law at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, publishes a very useful ACTA Timeline. Those interested  on the making of ACTA will find thanks to Professor Geist up to date and detailed information.  

  General Counsel are increasingly seen as strategic business partners so must actively support the organisation’s international growth while effectively mitigating legal and compliance risks. However, the ever present pressure to reduce legal spend and increase internal efficiencies, coupled with an increasingly complex international regulatory environment and uncertain economic climate, make the task more and … Continued

3 – 4 May 2012, The Square, Coudenberg 3, 1000 Brussels   The European Commission is organising a conference on sustainable ICT, smart grids and smart cities. The two-day conference will be opened by Commissioners Günther Oettinger and Neelie Kroes. It will bring together policy makers and stakeholders such as telecom companies, energy providers, regulators … Continued