For the founders of a company, their first thought is not necessarily about brand protection, most likely other issues seem to be more pressing and the approach may be...

The term urban air mobility (UAM) stands for a new mobility or for new mobility concepts and the large-scale expansion of urban mobility into the air.

Two national competition authorities, the French Autorité de la Concurrence and the German Bundeskartellamt, are dealing with Apple's App Tracking Transparency Framework ("ATTF").

The Internet and digitization are currently inconceivable without services from American companies. Data transfers to these companies can therefore hardly be avoided.

On 22 October 2024, the Federal Network Agency approved the Germany-wide hydrogen core network, which will form the basis for the national hydrogen infrastructure in future.

On 16 May 2024, the so-called "Solar Package I" came into force after almost a year of lengthy negotiations. It had previously passed through both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat on 26 April 2024.

Increasing geopolitical tensions have triggered a fundamental change in European and German security policy and establishing European defence capabilities is more important than ever.

ISTG 2021 allows private operators to apply for licenses to offer sports betting, virtual slot machines and online poker.

Set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the existing reliance on coal, oil, gas and uranium from Russian production, further expansion and substantial investment in renewable energies...

Interest of the financial services industry in environmental, social and governance matters has surged in recent years driven mainly by rapid regulatory developments and the rising investors' awareness about the climate change ...

Unbureaucratic approvals for clinical trials with medicinal products.

The GDPR has a very broad scope of application; companies doing business within the EU will often be subject to the GDPR, even if they have no establishments in the EU.

In November 2020, the European Commission released a new set of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for cross-border transfers of personal data for public consultation.

With our Corporate Energy @TW series, we aim to highlight current developments and issues in the renewable energy sector across different jurisdictions.

In order to ensure a high level of data protection within the EU, the GDPR provides for strict compliance responsibility on the part of companies processing personal data.

Germany and Europe have set themselves the goal of achieving a climate-neutral economy by the middle of this century. Offshore wind energy plays a central role in this, as it reliably supplies large quantities of clean energy and reduces dependence on fossil fuels.

In addition to the regulatory framework, which we already analysed in Part I of our specialist article, the structuring and operational implementation of a carve-out in the A&D sector is highly complex.

In the European Drone Strategy 2.0 published at the end of November 2022, the European Commission describes its vision for the future of the European drone market.

In order to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and the European Green Deal - climate neutrality by 2050 - significant CO2 reductions in specific, especially emission-intensive sectors ...

The application needs to be handed in in writing and in addition electronically via mail or via electronic upload.