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We have a truly dedicated and integrated Global IT and Outsourcing Practice, comprised of over 100 lawyers and partners across our global network of offices and practice areas who specialise in IT and outsourcing transactions. Our teams advising on complex IT...

On 5 June 2012, a long awaited amendment to the Dutch Telecommunications Act (the "DTA") entered into force (the "Amendment"). The Amendment introduces much debated issues such as requirements regarding the use of cookies and net neutrality....

Date: Wednesday 14 October 2009 As we start to recede from what some called the "economic abyss", companies everywhere are refocussing their efforts on becoming more agile, profitable and sustainable. Outsourcing projects that had been shelved in the wake of Lehman...

The recently signed America Invents Act (AIA) introduces the most comprehensive changes to the U.S. patent system in many decades and notably aligns it more closely with the laws of other industrialized nations. Some of the AIA's many changes will become effective...

With some delay, the Czech Telecommunication Office (the "CTO") has at last made available the final form of the tender rules regarding the allocation of radio frequencies. In this tender the CTO will auction off frequencies in the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz...

An important amendment to the Act on Electronic Communications entered into force on 1 January 2012, several months after the May deadline imposed by the EU. The Act is expected to transform the legal environment in which communication providers, such as...

On 21 December 2012 the European Union's Article 29 Working Group, composed of representatives of the national data protection authorities of the EU Member States, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Commission, announced that parties...

With one of the fastest growing economies and the largest population in the world, very few companies can resist the attraction of China as an investment destination. However, companies must pay special attention to the protection and enforcement regime in China...

The UK government's new Bribery Act of 2010 will come into force on 1 July 2011 (the "Bribery Act"), and the Government on 30 March provided important guidance on how to comply with the new rules. The new law is extra-territorial in that it extends to...

The European Commission has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption and the related Technology Transfer Guidelines, which govern the application of EU competition law to transfers and licences of patents, know-how...