Rebranding of large companies’ trademarks is not uncommon, but rarely does a name change generate as much excitement as in the recent case of the social media platform Twitter (currently X). We will look at this topic from the point of view of trademark law and try to assess whether legally such a choice was justified.
The Commission’s decision of 10 July, 2023, on the adequate level of protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework restores legal certainty for businesses that transfer personal data to US-based entities in the course of their activity.
The U.S. NIST recently released an update of a tool of its own design, the Cybersecurity Framework. This upgrade comes as the rate of growth in the field of cybersecurity is increasing, in terms of both legislation and norms, and cyberthreats. The important role played by the NIST means that this upgraded version has major implications for the entire cybersecurity sector.
Rebranding of large companies’ trademarks is not uncommon, but rarely does a name change generate as much excitement as in the recent case of the social media platform Twitter (currently X). We will look at this topic from the point of view of trademark law and try to assess whether legally such a choice was justified.
On 3 July 2023, a government bill amending the Act on the National Cybersecurity System and certain other acts (amendment to the ANCS) was submitted to the Sejm. This happened after nearly 33 months of work on the wording of the amended legislation. The adoption of the amendment continues to face new obstacles – work on it has now been postponed, due to its referral to a public hearing to be held on 11 September 2023.
Public procurement contracts are subject to several important limitations on freedom of contract. This gives rise to the need to take a case-by-case look at certain contractual issues which are known under the provisions of the Civil Code (CC) , but should be interpreted taking into account the wording and purpose of the regulations of the Public Procurement Law (PPL) . Such issues include the transfer of claims from the remuneration for the performance of the contract, the securing of this remuneration or the possibility of assuming a debt in the form of an obligation to perform the contract.
A proposal has been published on the Government Legislation Centre website for a Minister of Health regulation declaring the state of epidemic threat at an end. Under the proposed regulation, this would take effect as of 1 July 2023. For employers, this will mean that many pre-pandemic obligations will once again apply.
Applying for a trademark that is identical to or resembles (with respect to a key element of distinctive character) marks held by a different business undertaking once a business relationship has ended is application made in bad faith.
On 14 June, 2023, the European Parliament concluded many months of negotiations and adopted its position on the proposal for the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act).
On 7 June, 2023, another version of the proposed amendment to the NCSSA was posted on the Ministry of Digital Affairs public bulletin website. This is now the twelfth version of the proposal. The proposal has been approved by the Council of Ministers, and therefore the amendment can be expected to be passed in the coming weeks.
An encounter with a criminal procedure can be stressful and you do not have to be a suspect to tremble at the mere sight of a summons to an interview. After all, a visit to a police station is not the most pleasant way to spend your free time, even if the officer conducting the interview is a consummate professional.
