The EU has taken measures to tackle the power of big tech companies on the Internet. On the 20th of January 2022, the European Parliament accepted the Digital Services Act (DSA) which will regulate big digital technology companies’ behavior to … Read the rest
While one of Aliant Finland’s lawyers attended the Aliant Fall Conference in Milan last week, at the same time we have been busy with our clients, working on several cross-border cases such as setting up a Finnish subsidiary of a … Read the rest
The implementation process of the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive has started in Finland with the Ministry of Education and Culture’s government proposal draft for revision of the Finnish Copyright Act and Act on Electric Communications. The Ministry has asked … Read the rest
Finland’s first quantum computer as well as European-wide Materials for Quantum Computing project “MATQu” are progressing on schedule. The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is involved in the MATQu project regarding high-performance quantum computing technology. Industrial market-introduction of novel … Read the rest
On April 26, 2021, Finland and Estonia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the transport sector and exchange of information. This promotes transport projects, such as the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel, Rail Baltica, Trans-European Transport Networks, and North Sea–Baltic … Read the rest
By Sandip Patel, Managing Partner, Aliant London. IMPORTANT ENGLISH JUDGEMENT ON IP RIGHTS IN XML FORMATS
(Software Solutions Ltd and others v 365 Health and Wellbeing Ltd and another [2021] EWHC 237 (IPEC))
This decision is important for lawyers advising … Read the rest
Finland will adopt a three-tier hybrid plan. Under this strategy, restrictions will be tightened tier by tier depending on the development of the pandemic.
At tier 1, travel restrictions will be tightened. In fact, this means that non-residents’ arrival to … Read the rest