On March 19, 2018, the updated draft of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union ("EU") was published.

A new Bill, which bans the use of undeclared bots during elections ("the Bill"), has been signed by the Governor of California.

The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled that an individual does not need to allege or prove actual injury or adverse effect, beyond mere violation of his or her rights, in order to qualify ...

Please note that the relevant orders have yet to be amended to reflect these updates. Such amendment may include additional guidance.

On December 31, 2018, the Commissioner of Patents, Designs and Trademarks published amendments to two Commissioner Circulars dealing with the recordal of authorized trademark users, the recordal of charges...

On January 1, 2019, the Knesset approved Amendment No. 5 to Israel's Copyright Law, 2007 (respectively, the "Amendment" and the "Law").

American legislators and stakeholders have reached the understanding that in today's economic and technological environment, certain gaps in legislation, especially in comparison with the EU legislation (in particular the GPDR) must be bridged.

CNIL has published several rules applicable to devices that compile aggregated and anonymise personal data intended to gauge the audience in a certain space.

The outbreak of coronavirus is widely being reported as having an impact on global manufacturing, shipping and cross-border supply chains as well as on local commercial dealings, thereby undermining many aspects of trade and commerce.

The Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (ILITA), the authority in charge of enforcing privacy laws in Israel, has recently published guidelines on the use of outsourcing services for the purpose of managing and processing private information.

The Tel Aviv District Court recently delivered a decision in a tax appeal of Broadcom, finding that the burden of proof is on the taxpayer regarding whether a transaction has to be treated as an intellectual property...

On January 17, 2019, Israel and the UK signed a significant Amending Protocol to the 1962 Income Tax Treaty between the two contracting States.

The Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data ("Convention 108") ...

For the first time, The Israeli Antitrust Authority allows self-assessment of the competitive effects of horizontal agreements.

On December 31, 2018, the Registrar of Patents published updates to the two circulars of the Registrar dealing with changes in the trademarks and patents books.

Google has announced several changes as to how its Chrome browser handles extensions that request numerous permissions, as well as new requirements for developers who wish to publish their extensions in the Chrome Web Store.

The CNIL states that the GDPR applies to the use of blockchain in any instance where personal data is handled.

This part of the Law will enter into force nine months from the date of publication of the Amendment.

The FTC has published that it has settled with two Georgia-based companies and their principals with regard to allegations of their having misrepresented product endorsements as independent opinions, ...

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