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Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The Guardian: Google has appealed against a €500m fine imposed by France’s antitrust authority following a dispute with local media concerning payment for news content. Google has been fined due to its failure to comply with France’s antitrust organization on how to conduct the talks with publishers. The case was regarding that whether Google breached temporary orders issued by the French Competition Authority, which […]

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to New York Times: Apple will have to allow app developers to send their users to other payment systems as a federal court ordered in a legal case between Apple and the creator of “Fortnite” video game, Epic Games. A year ago, Epic Games offered Fortnite players discounts if they used Epic’s payment system instead of those from Apple and Google. Both of the companies

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The Jurist: A non-profit Dutch foundation, Stichting Massaschade & Consument, sued TikTok, a famous social media app, alleging that TikTok has violated European privacy laws by “harvesting and auctioning sensitive user data.” The foundation claims a fixed amount of damage per user, varying from €1.250 – €1.750 depending on the user’s age group. It has been argued by the foundation that TikTok profits off

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The UK Information Commissioner’s Office: The UK Information Commissioner Office, ICO, has announced that three well-known companies will have to pay £495,000 as fines, due to sending millions of ‘frustrating and intrusive’ nuisance messages. Andy Curry, Information Commissioner’s Office’s head of investigations, stated: “getting a ping on your phone or constant unwanted messages on our laptop from a company you don’t want to hear

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The Reuters: Google Inc, the U.S. tech giant, has stated that it has filed a lawsuit against the Competition Commission of India (CCI) following the leak of a confidential CCI report into an antitrust investigation of Google. It has been reported that in a CCI investigation, it was had found that Google had abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India,

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The Euronews: Italy’s data protection authority has stated that it seeks clarifications from Facebook regarding the social media giant’s recently launched smart glasses. The compliance of this product with privacy laws has been questioned by Italy’s administrative authority and it has some concerns regarding personal data protection. Facebook has made its smart glasses in co-operation with EssilorLuxottica, the company that produces Ray-Ban glasses.

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The New York Times: The Walt Disney Company, known for its iconic film and television holdings, has recently filed several lawsuits to invalidate copyright termination notices sent by artists and illustrators of popular characters such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Thor. In other words, Disney is trying to prevent them from taking over copyrights for their characters. The dispute started in the Spring when

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The Jurist: The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) has ratified its recommendations on the Digital Services Act. This act mostly concerns user privacy and free online speeches. By this act, stricter regulations for online internet intermediaries and digital platforms will get imposed. The rules are intended to organize better protection for European digital services consumers and to establish transparency for online platforms.

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The European Parliament: Members of the European Parliament demand an EU-wide action plan with ambitious and achievable purposes and timelines to end the use of animals in research and testing. The plan that members of the parliament deem appropriate includes reducing, refining, and replacing procedures on live animals for scientific objectives, as soon as it is scientifically possible and without lowering the level of

Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The New York Times: Apple Inc. has recently asked a federal appeals court to legally reconsider a legal decision that would require the tech giant to ease its strict App Store rules and force Apple to allow app developers to inform customers of ways to pay for subscriptions and services outside the App Store. The verdict in question followed a yearlong dispute between Apple and