A recent study conducted by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market has estimated that intellectual property rights (IPR) related sectors account for around 39% of EU GDP (around 4.7 trillion EUR annually) and up to 35% of all jobs. Patent applications, registered EU trademarks and trademark applications have doubled since 2003, which suggests that the legal and administrative framework ...
EU sanctions against Russia The Council of European Union regulation on new sanctions against Russia entered into force on 1 August 2014. Sanctions will be valid for a year with the possibility of revision after three months since the moment of entering into force. "Actions by natural or legal persons, entities or bodies shall not give rise to liability of any ...
The Consumer Rights Directive brings significant changes to the European Union’s online selling and purchasing landscape and standardises national legislation across EU Member States. It aims to simplify consumer rights and make them more transparent for consumers of goods and services. The new EU Consumer Rights Directive – which came into effect for all EU Member States on 13th June 2014 ...
On July 2, Specht Böhm's Vienna office hosted a delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Justice as part of a study visit organized by the “German Foundation for international legal cooperation” (IRZ) in the framework of the EU project "Improved Court Expert System in Turkey". Mr. Yüksel Hiz, the Deputy Undersecretary of the Turkish Ministry of Justice headed the delegation composed of aVppr. 15 high ...
SPECHT BÖHM Associate, Florian Heindler, has published an article in the leading Russian journal Competition and Law entitled, “Private Enforcement and Choice of Law in the European Union”. The article focuses on the specific conflict of laws rules concerning tort claims arising from violations of competition law as set out in EU Regulation No. 864/2007 (“Rome II”). The article was triggered ...