UGGC Avocats and its Shanghai office wish you a wonderful spring festival and a happy Chinese New Year! All our best wishes of happiness and success for this year of…
Discover the latest column from Thierry Dal Farra, partner and head of the public business law and public criminal and disciplinary law departments, on « Offence of favouritism: consequences of the…
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December 13th, 2022 - UGGC Avocats, one of the first independent law firms in France, and M. Firon & Co., one of Israel's leading law firms, are pleased to announce…
Olivier Moriceau (Partner in charge of the UGGC Banking and Finance department), Marine Simonnot (Partner of the UGGC Restructuring and insolvency law department), and Dominique Blondel (Financing and M&A Monitoring…
December 15th, 2022 - Malka Marcinkowski, Benjamin de Sevin, Ophélie Sommé, and Pierre Caillol, lawyers specialized in distribution/consumption law, public law and product regulation, had the pleasure to speak about…
Corinne Khayat will speak on December 13 between 9:30 and 10:45 am at the Casa Business Law Forum 2022 organised by LexisNexis and Ikone Juris at the Hyatt Regency Casablanca,…
Line-Alexa Glotin has participated to the STEP Europe Conference 2022 in Luxembourg the 22 and 23 November 2022 on « Private wealth in the age of (re)discovery».
Line-Alexa Glotin has participated to the Private Wealth International Forum 2022 in Milano on 17-19 November 2022 « Enforcement: Our Shifting Rôle » with sollicitors from the Chiniara lawfirm (Dubaï) and Kobre…
A UGGC delegation will be present at the 2022 edition of the International Bar Association (IBA) annual congress, in Miami, from October 30 to November 4, 2022. A major event…
The law of December 9, 2016, known as "Sapin II" introduced the definition of whistleblower and the first measures to protect employees who "disinterestedly and in good faith" denounced facts…
Corinne Khayat, Anne-Marie Pecoraro and Danielle Moukouri Djengue were panellists and keynote speakers at the 14th edition of the African Congress of Business Lawyers (COJA), organised by CADEV in Lomé,…
October 3, 2022 - Michel Ponsard and Ali Bougrine, partners of UGGC Avocats, took part in these privileged exchanges of information and listening, allowing a new reflection of the South…
UGGC Africa invites you to the 4th edition of the "Ambition Africa" forum organised by Business France, from 4 to 5 October at the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial…
September 7, 2022 - UGGC Avocats, one of the leading independent multidisciplinary law firms in France, welcomes the holding of an exceptional conference in Tel Aviv organised by the FIRON-UGGC…
As Senior-Vice Chair of the Diversity and Equality Law Committee of the IBA (International Bar Association, which brings together more than 80,000 practitioners), Karine Audouze moderated a panel at the…
Line-Alexa Glotin has participated to the STEP Global Congress 2022 in London the 7 July 2022 and spoke during the session on « Changing views on wealth and global mobility of…
Karine Audouze, UGGC Avocats partner, was elected member of the board of directors of the EELA - European Employment Lawyers Association in Athens, during the last annual seminar which took…
Line-Alexa Glotin has participated to the 27th IBA International conference in London and spoke during the session on « Tax residence in Covid-19 times : where do you find yourself as a…
June 2022 - The students of the Master II - International Trade Law had the opportunity to welcome Karine Audouze, partner at UGGC Avocats, for a one-day presentation on the…
Corinne Khayat, partner at UGGC Avocats was invited by the President of the Moroccan Competition Council, Mr. Ahmed Rahhou, to the first event of institutional twinning Morocco - European Union.…
The Marseille office of UGGC Avocats is proud to welcome Augustin Tempo as a partner to strengthen its tax practice. Augustin assists his clients in all aspects of taxation and…
Anne-Marie Pecoraro, UGGC Avocats Partner, hosts a networking lunch in Cannes as a member of the IAEL (International Association of Entertainment Lawyers. The talks, that will take place with other…
After a 73rd virtual edition because of Covid-19 and a 74th edition shifted in July to be organized in person despite the pandemic, the 75th edition of the Cannes Film…
Maija Brossard, a senior associate at UGGC Avocats, spoke at the AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers seminar in Levi, Finland. She gave a lecture on private equity transactions…
Whether or not it is an action brought as a result of a competition authority decision, it is becoming increasingly more frequent that a company has the opportunity to claim…
05/05/2022 First "gun jumping" decision delivered by the Moroccan Competition Council! By decision of April 28, 2022, the Competition Council decided to impose a financial penalty of 11,670,215 dirhams (i.e.…
Corinne Khayat, partner at UGGC Avocats and Maïja Brossard, consultant at UGGC Avocats, had the pleasure to write again the chapter of the Lexology magazine "Getting the Deal Through -…
Anne-Marie Pecoraro, partner at UGGC Avocats, will be present in Washington, DC, at the 144th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA), which takes place this year in Washington,…
Corinne Khayat, UGGC Avocats partner, and Maïja Brossard, UGGC Avocats consultant, had the pleasure of rewriting the Lexology chapter "Getting the Deal Through - Dominance" on the legal framework and…
Michel Ponsard, partner at UGGC Avocats, and Lauren Mechri, lawyer, co-lead the AFEC working group on the new guidelines to be adopted by the Treasury's General Directorate for Foreign Investments…
Watches, thermostats, lights, cameras, TVs, robots, scales… these objects all have in common that they present versions of themselves in so-called connected object versions; and the list is not exhaustive,…
The law n° 2021-1382 of October 25, 2021 relating to the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital era has brought some changes that reinforce the…
Marine Simonnot, UGGC Avocats partner in restructuring, will participate in an AIJA seminar from April 28th to 30th, 2022. The theme of the seminar will be: "Creating New Opportunities: Restructuring…
UGGC Avocats proposes to decipher the presidential campaign through the prism of intellectual property and personal data, at the rate of an episode every 15 days. Episode 3: Trademark law…
Nizar Lajnef, UGGC Avocats counsel, spoke on March 15th, 2022 at a webinar organized by the Mexican Embassy in France and La Cámara Nacional de la Industria Tequilera (CNIT). He…
Marine Simonnot and Charles-Emmanuel Prieur will both participate in the EFE's current conference on Restructuring Techniques. New financing, use of the ad hoc mandate or conciliation, new security trust, point…
Founded in 1993, UGGC Law Firm is one of the leading independent business law firms in France.With offices in four geographical areas (Africa, Europe, Asia and South America), UGGC Law…
UGGC Avocats proposes to decipher the presidential campaign through the prism of intellectual property and personal data, at the rate of an episode every 15 days. Episode 2: Personal data…
In an interesting decision of 26 January 2022, the Court of Cassation (Cass. crim. 26-1-2022 n° 17-87.359 F-D) clarifies the question of the seizability of documents related to a lawyer's…
In a decision of January 14, 2022 (Cons. const. 14-1-2022 n° 2021-962 QPC), the French Constitutional council validates the provisions leading to the immediate taxation of the totality of the…
As a reminder, "dual distribution" refers to the scenario where a supplier sells goods or services not only, at the upstream level, through independent distributors, but also at the downstream…
LE DROIT D’AUTEUR EN CAMPAGNE Le Cabinet UGGC Avocats se propose de décrypter la campagne présidentielle sous le prisme de la propriété intellectuelle et des données personnelles, à raison d’un…
The tax team would like to draw your attention to a recent decision of the French supreme administrative Court of January 28, 2022 which expands its case law of the…
UGGC Law Firm proposes to analyze the presidential campaign through the prism of intellectual property and personal data, at a rate of one episode every 15 days. Episode 1: Copyright…
The NFT (non-fungible tokens) phenomenon is both an emerging trend and a source of potential wealth, and is of great interest to luxury brands, which are increasingly circulating their products…
In a decision of January 12, 2022 (Appeal no. 21-11.169), the 3rd Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation confirms the limits of the scope of the deemed unwritten nature…
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December 2021 - Charles-Emmanuel Prieur, Managing Partner of UGGC Avocats, as well as Laura Malach (senior associate), Dalida Yusupova and Rebecca El-Hakim (associates) have contributed to the drafting of the…
Every year, the Casa Business Law Forum organised by LexisNexis and Ikone Juris brings together all the players in the economy and business law in Morocco. Ali Bougrine, Managing Partner…
Congratulations to Clémence Lemétais d'Ormesson on her appointment as head of Interlaw's European arbitration practice. Michael Bösch, Global chair of Interlaw’s Arbitration and ADR practice, said « We are fortunate to…
The translation into Arabic of documents in foreign languages that litigants, particularly foreigners, wish to use before the Moroccan courts became optional following the adoption by the House of Representatives…
The “Egalim II” Law of October 18th, 2021 introduces several new provisions on logistics penalties into the French Commercial Code. These new provisions came into force on October 20th, 2021…
On 24 November 2021, Bercy announced that it has ordered the major mobile application shop and search engine operators to discontinue the Wish e-commerce site and its mobile application [1].…
Michel Ponsard, a partner at UGGC Avocats specialising in competition and distribution law, spoke on Wednesday 1 December at a conference organised by the French Association for the Study of…
Corinne Khayat, a partner at UGGC Avocats specialising in competition law, will speak on Friday 3 December 2021 from 10:20 am at a conference on the latest developments in European…
The determination of the platforms falling within the scope of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive, transposed into French national law, has been clarified with the publication in the Official…
Interlaw recently appointed two new co-chairs to its Employment Special Business Team. Jennifer Carrel, managing partner at UGGC Avocats and Carolina Camacho, partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, succeed Annette Knoth…
French television channels are increasingly switching to streaming to vary their offers, services and content and to stand out from competitors. Given the increasing popularity of streaming in the media,…
It is with great pleasure that UGGC Avocats renews its support to the Restos du Coeur for this 37th campaign. UGGC Avocats, a patron of the Restaurants du Cœur, offers…
Following the first public consultation on the draft decree on the film and audiovisual contribution of television and radio service publishers distributed by networks not using frequencies assigned by the…
The European Commission has adopted two adequacy decisions in order to continue to transfer personal data to the United Kingdom without more specific guidance. The adoption of Adequacy Decisions by…
As a reminder, Order No. 2021-859 of 30 June 2021 [1] (hereinafter the "Order") transposed into French domestic law Directive (EU) 2019/633 of 17 April 2019, the objective of which…
To counteract counterfeiting, a new law proposal will be examined during the next parliamentary session of the Agir group. This proposed law made by Christophe Blanchet (Modem) and Pierre-Yves Bournazel…
The Constitutional Council decision validated the constitutionality of the law on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital era in its almost entirety. This validation…
Charles-Emmanuel Prieur, Managing Partner of UGGC Avocats, will speak on Wednesday 24 November 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30 am during the Salon professionnel des services et technologies pour les seniors,…
Rodolphe Boissau, consultant at UGGC Avocats in Paris and Brussels, will have the opportunity to speak at the IAEL Main Seminar & Masterclass to answer the following issue: "What are…
Charles-Emmanuel, Managing Partner of UGGC Avocats, will be speaking on Wednesday 8 December 2021 at a conference on Asset and Liability Guarantees. On this occasion, Charles-Emmanuel will answer the following…
Charles-Emmanuel, Managing partner of UGGC Avocats, will be speaking at a conference on Tuesday 7 December 2021 on Mergers & Acquisitions. Charles-Emmanuel will answer the following question: « Prices: how to…
Since 19 October, the law n° 2021-1357 of 18 October 2021 aimed at protecting farmers' remuneration, known as the "Egalim 2" law, imposes new obligations on sellers and buyers of…
In the context of actions for damages, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a decision of 6 October 2021 on the existence of a "downward…
August 2021 has been an emotional mounth for the publishing world. Several thousand unpublished writtings written by Louis-Ferdinand Céline [1] have resurfaced in extraordinary conditions more than seventy-five years after…
Marine Simonnot, partner at UGGC Avocats, spoke on Tuesday 12 October 2021 at a conference dedicated to the reform of the French insolvency legislation. Marine Simonnot answered the following issue:…
Anne-Marie Pecoraro, associate lawyer specialising in intellectual property, spoke at the EFB on Thursday 21 October 2021, alongside the HADOPI-ARCOM team and Caroline Guenneteau from beIN sport, as part of…
The European Commission announced the results of its call for evidence under the Green Deal in a speech by Inge Bernaerts, Director of Policy & Strategy at DG COMP on…
On 30 September 2021, the Court of Cassation handed down two decisive rulings [1] on procedural matters, answering the question of whether the procedure of recusal or dismissal on grounds…
Michel Ponsard, a partner at UGGC Avocats specializing in competition and distribution law, spoke today at a conference on commercial negotiations. On this occasion, Michel Ponsard answered the following question:…
As highlighted by @ContexteNum, on Tuesday 12 October 2021, in the presence of the Secretary of Culture Roselyne Bachelot, an "agreement relating to the standard clauses subordinating the allocation of…
Chamber of Commerce 7 July 2021, D, n° 19-25.586 and n° 19-25.602 The Commercial Chamber of the French Cour de cassation confirms, in its decision of 7 July [1], the…
Which judge has territorial jurisdiction to order investigative measures in the presence of an arbitration clause or a choice-of-jurisdiction clause? Governed by Article 145 of the Code of Civil Procedure,…
The ordinance n°2021-1192 of 15th September 2021, which was issued in accordance with the authorisation given in the Loi Pacte of 22th May 2021, has simplified and consolidated the law…
TF1 announced on 19 July the signing of an unprecedented agreement with eleven film organisations based on those signed until now mainly by the Canal + channel. It paves the…
Suffering from the pandemic and the exponential competition from streaming platforms, specialty channels fear further setbacks with the arrival of this new regulation. A consultation on the draft "cable-satellite" decree,…
The transposition into domestic law of the AVMS Directive of 14 November 2018 [1] is at the origin of a fundamental reform of the French audiovisual sector. The amendments, carried…
UGGC Africa is proud to announce the signing of a new partnership with Mohammed V University and the International University of Rabat Law School, two of the most prestigious Moroccan…
After a brief interruption due to the health crisis, UGGC Avocats is pleased to welcome back the students of the Master 2 Droit des Affaires 214 of the University of…
A conference on "The new trademark law: first applications. Feedback from judges, practitioners and the INPI" will be held on Friday 8th October 2021 at La Maison du Barreau. This…
Anne-Marie Pecoraro, a partner known for her expertise in intellectual property law, was interviewed on 17 August 2021 by the daily newspaper Les Echos about Céline's unpublished works. Indeed, the…
UGGC Avocats, a leading business law firm, announces the appointment of Jennifer Carrel, a partner specializing in employment law, as a member of the Management Board.Jennifer Carrel will take advantage…
On July 8th, 2021, David Gordon-Krief spoke at the "Sommet du droit" organised by Décideurs Magazine on the following topic: "Law firm strategy: turning crisis into opportunity". This event is…
EU Court of Justice (First Chamber), 7 July 2021, Case T 668/19, Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings GmbH & Co KG v. European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) The General Court…
The European Commission published on 9 July drafts of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines. The said drafts are submitted for public consultation to adapt the existing texts…
Civil 1st, 16 June 2021, FS-B, No. 19-21.663 A university proposed to a producer to produce a film on the occasion of the centenary of the formulation of Einstein's theory…
EPO, Enlarged Board of Appeal, 22 June 2021, Decision No. G4/19 [1] The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued decision G4/19 on 22 June 2021…
Brancusi's Le Baiser: in life and in death Council of State, 9th and 10th chambers, 2 July 2021, no. 447967 The funerary ensemble, consisting of (i) the funerary stele and…
A law signed by Vladimir Putin on 2 July stipulates that from now on, only sparkling wines produced in Russia will be able to use the name "champagne", which would…
The tax authorities have published their first comments on the temporary system of neutralisation of free revaluations of assets on taxable income recently introduced by the Finance Act for 2021…
Manucci Advogados, the firm associated with UGGC Avocats in Brazil, has announced the incorporation of Clementino Advogados in order to create one of the leading Employment Law departments in Brazil.…
UGGC Avocats is proud to announce its partnership with the Opéra National de Paris and the association AROP - Les amis de l'Opéra. As culture has been strongly affected by…
Clarification of the concept of communication to the public and a look back at the conditions of liability of online platform operators for unauthorised uploads of works by users of…
Versailles Court of Appeal, 1st Chamber, 1st Section, 2 March 2021, No. 18/08237 In its ruling of 2 March 2021, the Versailles Court of Appeal clarified the issue of multiple…
In a decision handed down on June the 17th, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the systematic gathering by a rights holder of the IP…
Rodolphe Boissau, consultant at UGGC Avocats in Paris and Brussels, will have the opportunity to participate in the IAEL Legal Summit to answer the following question: "Legal Issues Reshaping the…
Charles-Emmanuel Prieur, Managing Partner of UGGC Avocats, spoke on June 10, 2021 at a round table organized by the Lettre des Juristes d'Affaires on the topic of "Growth Equity: transforming…
Malka Marcinkowski, partner of UGGC Avocats spoke on July 1, 2021 at the Legal Commission organized by the Fédération de la Vente Directe on: The infringement of a non-competition clause:…
In a ruling rendered on June 30, 2021, in a matter followed by our Firm, the 3rd Civil Chamber of the Cour de cassation, partly reversing previous rulings, confirmed the…
Nizar Lajnef, abogado de UGGC Avocats en Paris, especializado en derecho de la competencia y de la distribución, intervino el jueves 17 de junio de 2021 con el Despacho de…
UGGC Avocats, a leading business law firm, is expanding its team of partners with the arrival of Olivier Moriceau. Olivier Moriceau will put his skills at the service of the…
Since the publication by the European Commission of the proposed Digital Market Act ("DMA") regulation on December 15, 2020, which introduces new tools to control the main players in the…
On 10 and 11 June 2021, the ministerial conference "Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Smart Policy - Challenges and Opportunities for Media and Democracy" of the European Council was attended by…
In a recent decision of June 2, 2021, the Court of Cassation (FRANCE had the opportunity to come back on the notion of image rights, particularly when the capture and…
As the industry and the public prepare for the atypical Cannes Film Festival in July 2021, the entire audiovisual ecosystem is on high alert as the reforms progress.This Wednesday, June…
I/ Audiovisual rights for football games: the battle for broadcasting rights A few months ago, Mediapro, the main broadcaster of the French Championship through the Téléfoot channel, announced its intention…
As you probably know, the Euro 2020 football tournament started on Friday 11 June with the opening match Turkey - Italy in Rome. Let's take advantage of this event to…
Michel Ponsard, partner at UGGC Avocats specializing in competition and distribution law spoke on June 21, 2021 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in a webinar organized by the International League…
In a recent dispute between an auctioneer and a gallery owner, the Paris Court of Appeal has clarified the scope of the auctioneer's mandate when organizing a public auction. This…
After the publication, by the Henri Capitant Association, of a preliminary draft relating to the simplified European company (SES) within the framework of the creation of a European Business Code,…
The National Assembly adopted the Bioethics bill for the third time on the night of Wednesday 9 to Thursday 10 June, by a vote of 84 votes for, 43 against…
On December 15, the European Commission unveiled the new draft "Digital Services Act" (hereafter DSA) regulation aimed at regulating the digital market. The text aims to create a strong framework…
The modernization of merger control continues in 2021, both at the national and European levels. An overall review had already been initiated last summer by the French Competition Authority with…
June 2021 – The European Commission publishes its report and working document on its evaluation of the automotive block exemption regulation. The European Commission has just published its report and working…
Double taxation of French dividends – new circular of 28 May 2021 – The Belgian tax administration finally allows the granting of a tax credit but only if the dividends…
The Commission sent a statement of objections to Apple on April 30, 2021 regarding rules for the distribution of music streaming apps on the Apple Store. [1] The Commission considers that…
The Law containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in economic and financial[1] matters (“DDADUE“) authorized the Government to transpose by ordinance the provisions, not yet included in French law,…
The positioning of resale prices of products in distribution networks is a major concern for suppliers. However, their intervention with distributors remains strictly regulated. Indeed, although the supplier can advise…
“The rupture is only attributable to the author of a modification of the business relationship, refused by the other party, if this modification is substantial“. This is the principle that…
Paris, May 3, 2021 - UGGC, an independent French law firm specializing in business law, has strengthened its Public Law department with the arrival of Mathieu Da Silva as associate.…
Paris, May 3, 2021 - UGGC Avocats, an independent French law firm specializing in business law, has strengthened its Mergers & Acquisitions department with the arrival of Carole Fouldrin as…
If the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) had not in 2017 held marketplaces liable for storing and selling counterfeit[1] products, the case brought before the CJEU on…
"Let's not pit the 200,000 beneficiaries of private copy levies against buyers of refurbished products," [1] say the 1661 artists, authors, filmmakers and illustrators who signed the Journal du Dimanche's…
The deadline for bringing websites and mobile applications into compliance with the rules on trackers ended on March 31, 2021! Repealing the first recommendation on cookies & digital tracers of…
Michel Ponsard, Malka Marcinkowski, Nizar Lajnef, Elodie Camous-Leonard and Ophélie Sommé members of the Competition & Distribution Department of UGGC Avocats Paris will host a webinar on June 22, 2021…
Last 31 May, the law n°2021-689 on the health crisis exit management, which introduces in its article 13 a new judicial procedure for the treatment of distressed companies, was adopted.…
The ID-Art app, which launched May 6, allows users to track and identify stolen art through an image recognition system. According to Interpol, the user has the option of taking…
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, the Minister of Culture presented the ordinance transposing articles 17 to 23 of the Copyright[1] Directive into French law. The ordinance, which amends the Intellectual…
About the EC decisions, May 5, 2021, M. B., req. nos. 434502 and 434503. The open data of court decisions (or how to hurry with slowness) - Rendered in the…
In 2021, EU Member States will have to transpose the audiovisual commercial communication provisions including the product placement legal regime provided for in the amended Audiovisual and Media Services (AVMS)…
Malka Marcinkowski, partner at UGGC Avocats was interviewed on Saturday, May 15, 2021 by Fabien Guez, journalist from BFM Business during the Check Up Santé program on the topic: "The…
On March 17, the French Supreme Court had the opportunity to rule on unfair competition and parasitism, when the acts are carried out on an Internet site. "In order to…
The court of Rennes dismissed the Belgian company, exclusive owner of the exploitation rights of Hergé's work, which asked for the condemnation of a French artist for having reproduced and…
The decree of 29 April 2021 replaces the Commission of Journalists' Copyrights - “Commission des Droits d’Auteur des Journalistes” in French, abbreviated CADJ, founded in 2010, to institute a Common…
On March 12, 2021, China issued the Provisions on the Scope of Necessary Personal Information for Common Used Mobile Internet Applications (the “Provisions”), according to which, mobile apps and mini…
On April 14, the Californian company presented the first results of its work, with the aim of implementing a more ethical algorithm on the platform, and giving more control to…
Charles-Emmanuel Prieur, partner of UGGC Avocats in Paris animated a training session on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 on the topic: "Raising funds for start-ups: which legal operations? " He intervened…
For the past twenty-one years, every April 26, World Intellectual Property Day has been held, organized by WIPO. This day is intended to raise awareness of the general public to…
Paris, April 2021 - UGGC Law Firm continues its digital transformation through its new partnership with the Bricks.ai application. Founded in 2017 by Clément Lambert and Laert Bejtaj, the fintech…
On Thursday, April 1, 2021, the Board of Directors of the CNC voted to allow certain films to be shown without being released in cinemas. Unlike the measure taken a…
On 21 December 2020, the French Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) imposed that “television channels and video-on-demand platforms define together a new media exploitation chronology for films released in theatres”,…
The bill, introduced by the government in February, has been the subject of thousands of amendments. The special committee, after examination, has given its comments on which the discussions in…
If the registrations of a protected geographical indication are not very frequent (4 in 2020 at the INPI of which 2 were approved), the Court of Appeal of Bordeaux had…
A bill establishing a common public domain in order to fight against the precariousness of arts and culture professionals was submitted on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at the National Assembly.…
Following the new provisions of the decree n°2021-296 of 19 March 2021, the Professional Committee of the Art Galleries (CPGA) seized the French Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) on 25…
In a decision rendered on March 24, 2021, the European Genral Court (EGC) overturned a decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that declared the design registration of…
The French Competition Authority had been asked by several online advertising companies to prohibit a feature of the iOS 14 operating system that allows users to limit the collection of…
The recognition of the quality of author for a salaried stylist in a fashion house is not always obvious, especially when several people intervene on the drawing or the making…
On December 18, 2020, in accordance with the procedure provided under Article 9 of the Léotard Law, the Ministry of Culture submitted the répondSmad decree to the Conseil supérieur de…
Contexte has obtained and published the "draft bill" on the protection of public access to cultural works in the digital age. UGGC delivers its legal expert commentary in preview. Among…
The Directorate General for Media and Cultural Industries (hereinafter "DGMIC") has launched a public consultation on the decree taken in application of the new article 60 of the 1986[1] law…
UGGC Law Firm was honored to participate in the debate masterfully orchestrated by Unifab on the occasion of the 25th European Intellectual Property Forum. The forum, which took place on…
Associations and professional unions (hereinafter "the applicants") have asked the interim relief judge of the Conseil d'Etat (i.e the supreme administrative jurisdiction in France) to suspend the partnership between the…
The project of report of the Culture Committee of the European Parliament on the role of AI in education, culture, and audiovisual was approved on Tuesday, March 16. The European…
The German Federal Court of Justice has referred the issue of framing and Directive 2001/29 to the CJEU. On March 9, the CJEU issued an opinion explaining that framing constitutes…
The French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL FRANCE) has launched a consultation on a project of reference for the creation of health data warehouses. This consultation…
Published in the French Official Journal on 11, March 2021, Decree No. 2021-269 authorizes for a year the use of intelligent video to measure mask-wearing rates on public transportation (hereinafter…
Ali Bougrine and Fabien Gagnerot were speakers on March 17, 2021 at the conference organized by LexisNexis, its partner Ikone Juris and UGGC Law Firm, on the topic « Acquisitions and…
After an investigation opened in 2019, the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has sentenced the home delivery platforms Foodinho-Glovo, Uber Eats Italy, Just Eat Italy and Deliveroo Italy to a global…
Edouard Héliot will lead a training session at ENGIE on March 25 and 26, 2021 on the topic of "securing external growth operations". Edouard Héliot, partner at UGGC Law Firm,…
The music streaming group SoundCloud, which is preferred by independent labels and artists, announced on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 that it will change the calculation of the remuneration of artists…
The proposed law "Strengthening the respect of the principles of the Republic" adopted by the National Assembly on February 16, 2021 and sent to the Senate, whose purpose is to…
While many jewelry and accessory designers offer costume pieces for sale using old buttons from different Haute Couture houses, Chanel has decided to sue one of these designers in the…
On March 4, 2021, the European Court of Justice cancelled a judgment of the Court of First Instance and considered "illegal and incompatible aid" from the Spanish State ; The…
Thecoming into effect of the new SMAD decree (for on-demand audiovisual media services) taken to transpose the European AVMS directive and repeal the 2010 SMAD decree, the renegotiation of the…
In July 2019, the media company CMI Publishing (hereinafter "CMI Publishing") which publishes the magazine "Public" found that the competing media company FT Magazine (hereinafter "FT Magazine") had published a…
The tax law team would like to bring to your attention a recent Decision of the Council of State dated December 11, 2020 (CE, 8e-3e ch., December 11, 2020, Association…
In a decision dated February 2, 2021, the Paris Court of Appeals confirmed that the leboncoin.fr website qualified as a database of which LBC, the operator, is the producer. The…
On February 22, 2021, European publishers and Microsoft agreed to issue a press release in which they committed to work together to find a solution to guarantee the remuneration of…
Since February 14, 2021, a computer file containing the personal data of 500,000 patients has been circulating on the Internet from some thirty medical biology laboratories, most of them located…
Reminder of the definition of the Community Land Trust : The "Organismes de Foncier Solidaire" (hereafter "OFS[1]") are non-profit organizations approved by the State representative in the region, which, for…
On February 23, 2021, the Paris Court of Appeal upheld the conviction of Jeff Koons and his company and ruled that the sculpture "Fait d'hiver" was indeed a counterfeit of…
During the 2019 European elections, the former general secretary of the party “Debout la France” (in English “Wake up France”), notes that private exchanges with party executives and personal photographs…
The video-sharing application with 800 million active users has become the target of consumer associations. At stake are the rights and safety of its users, especially the youngest, often under…
Paris, January 4, 2021 – UGGC, an independent French law firm specialized in corporate law, strengthens its health law team! Admitted to the Paris Bar since 2021, Eloïse Blanc holds a…
Paris, January 4, 2021 – UGGC, an independent French law firm specialized in corporate law, strengthens its IP-IT team! Admitted to the Paris Bar (2021), Eva Baliner-Poggi holds a Master II…
Paris, January 4, 2021– UGGC, an independent French law firm specialized in corporate law, strengthens its competition law team ! Admitted to the Paris Bar since 2021, Ophélie Sommé holds…
As the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) and Copyright Directives are gradually being implemented in the Member States of the European Union, the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) wishes to…
Bill No. 3808 aimed at democratizing sport in France (hereinafter "the Bill"), which was initiated by the majority group of the Republic in March, will be examined on March 8,…
By repeatedly deleting advertisements purchased by an operator on its Google Ads site, the American company was guilty of anti-competitive practices. Such is the verdict of the Paris Court of…
Published on February 13, 2021 in the Official Journal, Decree No. 2021-148 (hereinafter "the Decree") defines the terms and conditions under which the tax authorities may collect information from users…
Ali Bougrine and Fabien Gagnerot will be the speakers on March 17, 2021 from 9:30am onwards during the conference organized by LexisNexis and its partner Ikone Juris, on the theme…
Charles-Emmanuel Prieur and Marine Simonnot will be speakers on April 8, 2021 at the conference Restructuring techniques organized by the EFE - Edition Formation Entreprise, on the theme "In a…
After Vivendi announced that it had signed a "promise to purchase" to acquire the entire press group Prisma Media (which controls the magazines Femme actuelle, Capital and Géo) at the…
The "Paroles de scénaristes" collective is composed of authors for the small and big screen, and has been present since December 2020 on Facebook, where screenwriters are free to give…
In order to remedy to the unauthorized commercial use of municipalities’ names, which is often difficult to oppose despite the mechanism provided for article L. 711-4 h) of the French…
On February 10, 2021, the EDPB, the European Data Protection Board, published recommendations relating to the protection of personal data in the context of the publication of the proposal for…
These terms of reference, adopted on February 10, 2021, will serve as a basis for revising the rules on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic…
In March 2019, four NGO[1] s - united within the collective "L'Affaire du Siècle"[2] and supported by 2.3 million citizens - brought a case before the Paris Administrative Court (hereinafter…
High Court, commercial chamber, 25 November 2020, n°19-11.525, FS-P; Cass. com. 17 June 2020, n°19-13.153, FS-P+B+R Security interest for others in common law Since a decision of the Mixed Chamber…
According to a decision of the Court of Appeal of Paris dated January 22nd, professional photographers cannot prohibit the reproduction of their photos, realised under precise instructions from the client,…
UGGC Law Firm congratulates Line-Alexa Glotin, lawyer specializing in private clients, tax law and art market, who has been selected for the Global Elite Directory 2021. The Global Elite Directory…
Solicited by a parliamentary question, the Minister of Culture came, on January 12th, to freeze the fiscal nature of digital works of art. Noting that the art market "has adapted…
