... Therefore, the Commission has launched in April proposals for the creation of unitary patent protection in the framework of enhanced cooperation (see IP/11/470 The Commission's focus will be two-fold. The lack of a common EU framework on orphan works is impeding the development of European large-scale digital libraries and the functioning of the European a portal (see for example IP/09/1544 The Commission is currently analysing the results of a public consultation on the Directive's implementation in order to quantify the impact of the hereditary resale right on the Internal Market. (6) As part of its long-term strategy on copyright, the Commission will assess the feasibility of creating a European Copyright Code. Given its far-reaching implications, the creation of a European Copyright Code requires further study and analysis”. Concerning enforcement in the Strategy, what is the Commission's position regarding illegal downloading? ...
... EUROPEAN CONFERENCE on BIOREFINERY RESEARCH
19 and 20 October 2006
Helsinki Marina Congress Center
A major conference on biorefinery research
organised by the European Commission
with the support of the Finnish Presidency
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Biorefineries use renewable raw materials to produce energy together with a wide range of everyday commodities in an economic manner. This conference organised by the European Commission with support of the Finnish Presidency aims to present the industrial perspectives of current and future biorefineries and to identify opportunities for and synergies among the European stakeholders. Furthermore, RTD success stories will be described and analysed, and the existing European technology platforms on biofuels, forest-based sector, plants for the future and white biotechnology will be presented. ...
... Pedro de Miguel Asensio miércoles, 14 de diciembre de 2011 Propuesta de Acuerdo entre la Federal Trade Commission y Facebook en la reclamación por incumplimientos en materia de datos personales Hace unos días la Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estadounidense hizo pública la propuesta de acuerdo de transacción con Facebook para poner fin al procedimiento abierto contra esta red social por ... Así, la reclamación frente a Facebook se funda básicamente en que ha infringido ciertas normas de la Federal Trade Commission Act debido principalmente a que el incumplimiento de los compromisos que en materia de protección de datos ha asumido la red social con sus usuarios –típicamente a través del contenido de su Política de privacidad y del resto de sus declaraciones y prácticas ... ...
... Con fecha 27 de julio, la Cámara de los Lores del Parlamento Británico ( House of Lords - European Union Committee ) ha publicado un Informe ( Report with Evidence ) sobre el mencionado Libro Verde. The Committee very much welcomes the Commission's initiative in producing the Report and the proposals outlined in the Green Paper. The Committee's main area of concern is with the Commission's approach to the operation of the Regulation in the wider international order. El Comité de la Cámara de los Lores concluye su informe en los siguientes términos:
"We very much welcome the Commission's initiative in producing the Report and the proposals outlined in the Green Paper. We hope the Commission will, following the conclusion of its consultation, move quickly to bring forward proposals to amend the Regulation." ...
... At least European politicians aren't "bought and paid for" by corporations, as in the US, he says. Mr Monti is one of Italy's most eminent economists, and he spent most of his career in academia and thinktankery, but it was when Mr Berlusconi appointed him to the European Commission in 1995 that Goldman Sachs started to get interested in him. ...
... Microsoft Corp. v Commission of the European Communities) Es un caso interesante, no sólo para los expertos en Derecho de Competencia, que también, sino para los que nos interesamos por la convergencia. ...
... But it seems there is light at the end of the tunnel, as the European Commission has approved a Proposal to simplify rules for international inheritances in the EU: both the competent authority and the law applicable to the inheritance will be those from the country where the deceased used to live, although it would be possible to choose the inheritance to be governed by the laws of ... It is also planned to create a European Certificate of Inheritance which will attest the quality of heir all over EU. The Proposal will not change, though, the national substantive law nor the inheritance tax, which will be regulated by each state. I trust this Commission’s Proposal will soon be converted into applicable law and will serve as a guide in this labyrinth of Theseus of cross-border inheritances, at least at a European level (those who expect to inherit from their uncle of America still must continue to seek exit). ...
... La Autoridad Federal competente para controlar su cumplimiento y sancionar, en su caso, (es decir el equivalente a nuestra AEPD) será la Federal Trade Commission (FTC) o Comisión Federal de Comercio. 7. EuroPrise "Legal Expert", "European Certificate on Cibercrime and Electronic Evidence". ...
... De entre todas las recomendaciones que plantea (en total 54), destaco las siguientes:
Recommendation 3: The European Commission should retain the length of protection on sound recordings and performers’ rights at 50 years. Recommendation 13: Propose a provision for orphan works to the European Commission, amending Directive 2001/29/EC. ...
... Este es el planteamiento seguido por los últimos informes de la Unión Europea (Report on the Proportionality Principle in the European Union; elaborado por Institutional Shareholder Service Europe/Shearman & Sterling/European Corporate Governance Institute, de 18 de mayo 2007). Estas razones unidas a la disparidad de soluciones entre los diferentes ordenamientos europeos (en Francia o en Suecia, por ejemplo, se admiten importantes excepciones al principio de proporcionalidad en el derecho de voto) han llevado al legislador comunitario a descartar la adopción de una técnica rígida de prohibición de los mecanismos reforzados de control y a optar por reforzar la tr... ...