Legal 500 Ranking 2017 – Industry Focus: IT, Telecoms & the Internet – France – Band 2

April 12th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in France | IT | Rankings - (0 Comments)

K&L Gates LLP advises on sophisticated global and domestic IT projects and is another name to note in very innovative digital projects for major French clients. The seven-lawyer team is also a reference for data privacy matters and is handling an important dispute with the French data regulator regarding the use of cookies.

Several high-profile luxury goods manufacturers also use the practice. Practice head E. Drouard is highly recommended and recently promoted partner Claude-Etienne Armingaud ‘wastes no time and is straight to the point’.

Source: Legal 500

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Momentum.africa – Opening Of Top-Level Domain Name To Create Opportunities For IP Right Owners

April 11th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in eCommerce | IT | Trademarks - (0 Comments)

The new generic top-level domain (gTLD) .africa, a regional domain for users located in and out of the continent, has been officially validated by ICANN.

More than a decade after its other regional counterparts, such as .eu or .asia, the .africa gTLD has been the subject matter of a legal conundrum for years.
The new generic top-level domain (gTLD) .africa, a regional domain for users located in and out of the continent, has been officially validated by ICANN.

More than a decade after its other regional counterparts, such as .eu or .asia, the .africa gTLD has been the subject matter of a legal conundrum for years.
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🇺🇸 How will the data-driven economy and internet of things fuel the connected car industry and can global compliance be reached?, GMIS, Abu Dhabi

March 28th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Conference | Connected Cars | internet | Software - (0 Comments)

Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit, Abu Dhabi

🇺🇸 K&L Gates Assembles IoT & Connected Car Panel at #GMIS2017

March 28th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Communication | Conference | Connected Cars | Legislation | Privacy - (0 Comments)

K&L Gates assembled a great panel on March 28 during the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (#GMIS2017) at Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, including David Bell, Mohammed Omar, Mark Beer OBE, Arthur Artinian, Claude-Etienne Armingaud and William Reichert, to discuss the legal and regulatory issues relating to the Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Connected Cars

#GMIS2017 IoT & Connected Car panel with K&L Gates

#GMIS2017 IoT & Connected Car panel with K&L Gates

K&L Gates conseille FactSet dans le cadre de l’acquisition de BISAM Technologies

March 27th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Deal - (0 Comments)

K&L Gates LLP Paris a conseillé FactSet, un des leaders mondiaux en matière de gestion de données financières et d’édition de logiciels d’analyse, dans le cadre de l’acquisition auprès de Aquiline Capital Partners et du management de BISAM Technologies S.A. (“BISAM”), un des principaux éditeurs de logiciels de mesure et d’attribution de performance et de mesure du risque. L’opération s’élève à 205 millions de dollars.

De nombreux grands gestionnaires d’actifs mondiaux utilisent les logiciels de BISAM pour évaluer et améliorer leurs stratégies d’investissement et mieux servir leurs clients. Ces produits vont élargir l’offre existante de FactSet.

L’avis de l’associé en charge du dossier, Jean-Patrice Labautière sur l’opération: “Nous sommes très heureux d’accompagner à nouveau FactSet dans le cadre de son expansion internationale. Cette opération transatlantique sophistiquée est au cœur de notre savoir-faire.”

L’équipe multidisciplinaire qui a conseillé FactSet était constituée de : Jean-Patrice Labautière, Arthur Anton, Julie Dahan (M&A) ; Claude-Etienne Armingaud, Olivia Roche, Clémence Marolla (IP/IT/Data Privacy) ; Christine Artus, Julie Bouchard, Charlotte Dubois (Social) ; Bertrand Dussert, Alban Michou Tognelli (Fiscal).

Première publication : Le Monde du Droit

Impact of the Digital Republic Act on Online Intermediation Platforms

March 17th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Competition | eCommerce | France | IT | Legislation - (0 Comments)

The French Act No. 2016-1321 of 7 Oct. 2016 for a Digital Republic (the “Digital Republic Act”) amends the existing framework for online intermediation platform created under Article L.111-5-1 of the French Consumer code by the Act No. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015.

The Digital Republic Act creates a general, autonomous and impersonal status of online platform operator (“OPO”) and completes the existing legal framework relating to consumer protection through the consumers’ prior information.
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The ECJ Rules on the Compatibility with EU Law of Domestic Data Retention Requirements Imposed on Providers of Electronic Communications Services.

March 17th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Case Law | Europe | IT | Privacy - (0 Comments)

After its invalidation of the data retention requirements imposed by Directive 2006/24/EC in its Digital Rights Ireland decision dated 8 April 2014, the ECJ was requested to assess the compatibility with the Directive 2002/58/EC (the “ePrivacy Directive”) and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the “CFREU”) of a domestic legislation mandating a general and indiscriminate obligation to retain traffic and location data, without prior judicial review, for purposes including the fight against crime.). The ECJ joined the two cases which had been submitted for review and issued its decision on 21 December 2016 (the “Decision”).
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Globalization of Connected and Autonomous Cars – A Long and Winding Road?

March 11th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Connected Cars | Europe | France | Legislation - (0 Comments)

The advent of autonomous cars represents a unique opportunity to rethink urbanism globally. Indeed, such a technological evolution will undoubtedly foster the development of a range of new offerings, such as car sharing and value-added opportunities, while at the same time ensure added safety on the roads at a time when traffic injuries remain the primary cause of death among people aged 15 to 29.

One direction in which this new paradigm could be expressed may be the decline of exclusive car ownership and the shift toward CaaS, or “Car-as-a-Service”. Autonomous cars could be shared among a community of subscribers and used on an as-needed basis, after which they could then park themselves outside of the urban landscape for battery-reloading purposes or when not in use.
Nevertheless, such an idealistic picture can only be achieved once all regulatory barriers have been lifted.
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Experts concerned about legal gaps on autonomous cars

March 8th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Connected Cars | Europe | France | IT | Legislation | Press | World - (0 Comments)

New China Article:

“However, the convention has been signed by 75 contracting countries only, said Claude-Etienne Armingaud, Paris partner at K&L Gates. One of the most notable absentees is the United States, he added.“
Read full article here.

New China Article:

“However, the convention has been signed by 75 contracting countries only, said Claude-Etienne Armingaud, Paris partner at K&L Gates. One of the most notable absentees is the United States, he added.“
Read full article here.

🇺🇸 “K&L Gates Addresses Legal Implications of a New World Driven by 4IR Technologies”, Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit – Press Conference

March 7th, 2017 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Artificial Intelligence | Communication | Connected Cars - (0 Comments)