The EU Commission is set to address the challenges of three-dimensional printing
Additive manufacturing, more commonly called “three-dimensional printing” or simply “3D printing“, is a truly fascinating technology. Whilst the first experiments date back to the 1960s, with the first...
View ArticleNew Copyright Directive: Tension rises in anticipation of European...
Once again, the debate regarding the controversial DSM Copyright Directive is picking up steam. Next week, the European Parliament will liaise about the various amendments that will be tabled by a...
View ArticleDSM Watch – New EU Copyright Directive: Parliament votes to retain...
After weeks and weeks of debate and the failure to reach a parliamentary consensus in July, the European Parliament today paved the way towards the long-awaited start of the trilogue negotiations...
View ArticleDSM Watch: Crunch time for the Copyright Directive
Debate on the shape of the draft Copyright Directive between the EU legislative institutions appears this week to be in the final stretch. One of the last bones of contention between the negotiators is...
View ArticleEU Copyright Directive: Breakthrough
Last night the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council finally agreed the text of the long-awaited draft Copyright Directive. This followed a breakthrough compromise on the liability of...
View ArticleDSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive, the big picture
Agreement on a compromise text for the new Copyright Directive was reached between Member State government representatives, EU Parliament representatives and the EU Commission last week (see our...
View ArticleDSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive clears the finish line
Today the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Copyright Directive (the “Directive”), ending a negotiation process which first started with the Commission’s proposal for a new Directive in...
View ArticleDSM Watch: new rules for online transmissions of TV and radio programmes
On 15 April the Agriculture and Fisheries Council formally adopted the Directive on online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of TV and radio programmes (the “Directive”),...
View ArticleThe European Union adopts a new .EU Regulation
On 19 March 2019, the European Union adopted Regulation (eu) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the implementation and functioning of the .eu top-level domain...
View ArticleDSM Watch: Implementing the new Copyright Directive in France
The Copyright Directive (“the Directive”) came into force on 7 June 2019. Member States now have two years to implement it. Amongst the key provisions, Article 15 (former Article 11) creates...
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