englischThe European audiovisual industry is one of the most dynamic markets in the European Union. The Audiovisual Media Services Directive is the bedrock of the EU’s audiovisual and media policies. It regulates diverse aspects for providers of television broadcasting and on-demand services and [...]

englischThe new European data law is highly complex. Six directly applicable regulations, in connection with many other legal acts, create a thicket of data regulatory requirements and compliance specifications. In addition, the regulations on data access, exchange and use are often at odds with the [...]

englischThis handbook covers the European law of distribution, i.e. the law resulting from European primary and secondary legislation in the interpretation of the European courts and the supreme courts of the European Member States, and common principles of European or international distribution [...]

englischThe Article-by-Article-Commentary on the new EU Law on Artificial Intelligence describes in detail

which obligations are imposed on providers and commercial users of AI systems,

how such systems can be introduced and used in compliance with the law, and

what requirements the providers and [...]

englischForty years after the first discussions began with a view to creating a single European patent, 25 EU Member States (with the exception of Italy, Spain and Croatia) approved three instruments creating a European Patent with unitary effect. One of the instruments is the Agreement on a Unified [...]

Der Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) sieht harmonisierte Regeln für die Entwicklung, das Inverkehrbringen und die Nutzung von KI-Systemen in der EU, auch für die Sicherheit und die Grundrechte Einzelner, vor. Er hat damit direkte rechtliche und wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen auf [...]

Regulierung der CybersicherheitMit dem Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) werden erstmals verbindliche IT-Sicherheitsanforderungen für den gesamten Lebenszyklus von Hardware- und Softwareprodukten eingeführt. Jedes Unternehmen, das physische Produkte mit digitalen Elementen und nicht eingebettete Software [...]

englischAccompanied by the increasing number of cross-

border issues in Europe, it is indispensable for natio­nal legal consultation to be acquainted with the relevant conflict of laws rules.

The new European conflict of laws principles also have a major effect on classical core areas of civil law, [...]

Neue Vorgaben auf europäischer EbeneDie Ökodesign-Verordnung für nachhaltige Produkte legt fest, dass Produkte im Binnenmarkt nur noch angeboten werden dürfen, wenn sie ressourcenschonend hergestellt, langlebig, reparierbar und energieeffizient sind.Der NK-Ökodesign-VODer Großkommentar von [...]

englischThe implementation of the new Basel framework of December 2017 will be a significant change for banks in the European Union. With EBA’s publications on the call for advice of the EU Commission in the second half of 2019, the process for the legal implementation of the final Basel III [...]