Author: Camilleri Preziosi

Camilleri Preziosi featured in The Licensing Journal

One of Camilleri Preziosi’s “Unravelling Blockchain” articles was featured in the January 2018 edition of The Licensing Journal.  The article entitled “Blockchain’s Applicability to Intellectual Property Management” focuses on the ways in which blockchain technology could potentially impact intellectual property management, paying particular attention to intellectual property registries, certification of genuine products and parallel importation. […]

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EU Commission launches GDPR Guidelines

The European Commission has launched a website dedicated to providing guidance and information on the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).  The GDPR comes into effect in May 2018 and will result in significant changes to the rules that one may need to abide by in terms of protection of personal data.  Failure to comply […]

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ESMA issues Consultation Paper on CFDs: Potential Restrictions in Cryptocurrencies

The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has released a Call for Evidence on potential product intervention measures on contracts for differences and binary options to retail clients (the “Paper”).  The Paper considers how contracts for differences (“CFDs”) on cryptocurrencies could fall within the scope of the MiFID regulatory framework as financial instruments.  Within the […]

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IDD update

In a letter to Dimiter Tzanchev, Chair of COREPER II, on the proposal to postpone the application date of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) to 1 October 2018, the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) welcomed the proposed postponement. The letter notes that the European Parliament is considering positively the postponement of […]

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