As our appetite for mobile data increases, mobile providers in Europe have been putting pressure on regulators to consider spectrum re-allocation in a number of frequencies, including 700 Mhz, sub 700 Mhz (470-694 Mhz), 1427-1518 Mhz (or “L Band”), and in the 3.4-3.6Ghz or (“C band”) frequencies. There was general consensus from the World Radio Conference […]
No one has a clear view when it comes to the procurement of IT solutions for the public sector. At such a statement you can be misled easily, you look at the media coverage on the issue. One scandal follows the next, across the bodies of the Federation, the cantons and municipalities. Most high cost or an opaque […]
Working with a Local Service Provider to Deliver Services in a New Country In my previous article “The Pit of Permanent Establishment – Part 1”, we looked at how a business can accidentally create a permanent establishment in a new country by not obtaining the correct legal and tax advice. Following on in “The […]
Local Distributor / Agent Model In “The Pit of Permanent Establishment – Part 1”, we looked at how a technology business could find itself creating a permanent establishment in a foreign jurisdiction by accident – just by starting to do business without obtaining appropriate tax and legal advice, and that this invariably resulted in adverse […]
When technology businesses have exhausted the market in the UK, the next logical step is to start exporting services. Exporting to EEA countries has its own challenges, including differences of language and sometimes also of culture, but exporting beyond the European Single Market may bring some more interesting additional legal and fiscal challenges, including the […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Scott Blake Harris of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis. Scott has joined IR as our exclusive TMT Member in US – Washington D.C. Scott Blake Harris is the Chairman of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP. He has practiced law in Washington D.C. for thirty-eight years, […]
Net neutrality is the principle that “all data is created equal”, and that there should be no scope for internet service providers to process different sorts of data according to different rules based on (for instance) the amount of bandwidth the application consumes or whether or not the originating content provider has paid extra money […]
Despite vociferous international protests to Roscomnadzor, the Russian data protection authority, the law requiring the data of Russian citizens to be stored on Russian servers became law on 1st September 2015. There has still been no official clarification on whether the law requires that no data of Russian citizens can be stored outside of Russia […]
We are hearing that the strict new opt in rules for sending emails to prospective customers in Turkey are making life very difficult for companies trying to break into the Turkish market. Interestingly it seems that also seems that actually securing consent is generating a lot more communications than just sending the emails! Under the […]
The free movement of goods and people across the EU does not apply to the purchase of television programmes, films or music. Unsurprisingly, TV broadcasters and film distributors are opposed to removing geo-blocking techniques, which prevent their services from being used on a cross border basis. However, a resolution adopted by the European parliament on […]
The case of Absolute Lofts South West London Limited v Artisan Home Improvements Limited and another (2015) EWHC 2608(IPEC) is an Intellectual Property Enterprise Court case, where the judge was asked to determine the damages for use of over twenty photographs on the website of a home improvement services company, in circumstances where the photographer’s […]
Norton Gledhill Principal Peter Moran and Special Counsel Sarah Strapps have advised the CEO Forum Group in a buy-out by the American based The Corporate Executive Board (CEB). Further details of the transaction can be found here. Norton Gledhill Press Release Financial Review Full Article