This thesis assesses the registrability of sports names as word and figurative trade marks in the European Union, largely with a focus on articles 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament ...

The recent entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes new data protection requirements on data controllers and processors with respect to the processing of the personal data of the EU/EEA ...

Taking a look at the framework based on the Directive 95/46 (previous legal framework) and on the General Data Protection Regulation (current legal framework), the thesis compares the right of access and its limitations ...

The commoditization of personal information has led to the creation of trade agreements that are no longer concerned with purely trade issues. The newly drafted Comprehensive Econom-ic and Trade Agreement (‘CETA’) characterizes ...

Illegal hate speech constitutes a societal problem which requires regulation. The thesis addresses the question of how illegal hate speech online is regulated in the EU, and whether this is adequate to tackle the problem. ...

The blockchain technology has brought a new tool which can change the way we make legal contracts. This tool is called “smart contracts”. Smart contracts are self-executing contracts which decrease the human intervention ...

The continual emergence of new technologies impacts every aspect of society including the way people work. Most of the modern-day labour is carried out in a digital environment allowing employers to exercise their supervisory ...

Emotion recognition technologies are expected to grow at a rate of almost 40% per annum, reaching an expected market size of 36.07 billion USD by 2021. However, there has been a paucity of academic discourse about the ...

Impacts and issues that the Data Portability Right has on businesses

A legal analysis of the material effects of the GDPR on the Processing of personal data by data brokers for online marketing purposes. This thesis tackles the questions of how the GDPR's rules on extended applicability on ...

Analysis of the data privacy policy in the Republic of Serbia, with focus on legal framework and attitude that citizens and institutions have towards this issue

Abstract I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. Psalm 89: 34 Contract law exists since the time immemorial. Our life is full of promises. In Ethiopia, there is a saying that ‘‘it is ...

The data privacy field is currently in the moment of asking whether providing more control to the data subject can be a solution applicable in the real world for the protection of the right to privacy. The critics of a ...

In this thesis, I critically assess two related questions; the scope of EU data protection law pursuant to the new General Data Protection Regulation, and the one-stop-shop mechanism in the Regulation. The first part of ...

A brief study on computer licenses in contracting and procurement.

Network neutrality is a widely debated policy issue that has the potential to alter the dynamics of accessing online content. The main focus of the debate revolves around analyzing whether broadband internet access market ...

This thesis considers the balancing of privacy with freedom of expression pursuant to the the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Satakunnan Markkinapörssi Oy and Satamedia Oy v. Finland.

The emergence of new forms of interactions in the online environment, as social media, search engine and e-commerce has shifted the business industry and introduced a data-driven economy, where data has become the new ...

The currently pending Megaupload case highlights that in the United States jurisdiction there is the urgent need for additional third-party protections in cloud assets seizure . Using the case as a point of departure, this ...

The adoption of digital technologies and creation of global internet infrastructure for the vast array of companies and individuals offering products and services that leverage its connectivity has transformed our world ...

Personal data that identifies individual persons is given some level of protection in many jurisdictions and for various reasons. In Europe, general privacy rights, mainly under the 1950 Human Rights Convention has, for a ...

The main objective of this thesis is to explain the rights that the consumers are entitled to have in the contracts for the supply of digital content. One of the most important issues is the classification of digital content ...

Analysis of the draft directive by the EU on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure

In recent years, autonomous vehicles have attracted much attention. While such vehicles will have an immense potential in increasing traffic safety, they will be involved in traffic accidents. In Chapter 2, the term ...

Mobile application relationships consists of three contracts, namely the distribution agreement, the terms of service agreement and the EULA. With regards to end-users and developers, distributors enjoy a rather dominant ...

With the global economy gone digital and the Internet facilitating increased communication across borders, there is no doubt that information technology plays a more crucial role than ever before. Companies in almost every ...

Health and wellbeing apps are proliferating at an exponential rate. It has created a billion dollar market that would make the industry seek every opportunity to take a competitive advantage. At times, this may be at the ...

Historically observed, development and application of new technologies has always been an area of skepticism versus optimism. Patenting in the field of biotechnologies mirrors that global pattern. Finding the right balance ...

The research is an analysis of the legal issues posed in Data Privacy Law from Mobile Instant Messaging applications (MIMs). The MIM application mainly considered in the thesis is WhatsApp. The popular application acquired ...

The thesis analyses the impact of the existing legal framework in Uganda on the Mobile Money Service with a specific reference to the new ICT related laws and Bank of Uganda Mobile Money Guidelines.The thesis goes ahead ...

In the thesis it is analysed whether it is possible to create a positice credit registry under the current legislation which is in accordance with EU's legislation, especially on data protection.

Progressive development of society and the social relations to which it gives rise have always been considered as reasons for influencing the appearance of new objects of the intellectual property and subsequently amendment ...