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Cyprus to regulate online gambling and betting

The proposed statute shall establish a Cypriot Betting Authority to regulate the gambling industry, which shall accept, review and decide over applications for relevant licences and permits

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Commission Regulation on competition rules for distribution of goods and services

The European Commission adopted yesterday a new Regulation that ‘block exempts’ distribution and supply agreements at different levels of the production and distribution chain. The existing Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VRBER) and accompanying Guidelines were 10 years old. The Regulation and accompanying Guidelines take into account the development, in the last 10 years, of [...]

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ECJ rules for Google’s AdWords scheme in Google v. Louis Vuitton

In a Judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Google has won in the latest episode of its legal confrontation with Louis Vuitton. The ECJ ruled that Google does not breach companies’ rights by allowing online advertisers to buy key search words.

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