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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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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