Round-up July 2023 - Technology, Data and Digital Innovation

Round-up edition covering the topics that stood out in the month of July 2023 for our Technology, Data and Digital Innovation practice area:

#Privacy and Data Protection

• European Commission proposes a new regulation to ensure stronger enforcement of GDPR in cross-border cases
• EC adopts new adequacy decision for EU-US data flows
• Portuguese Data Protection Supervisory Authority approves an activity plan for the three-year period 2024-2026

# Intellectual Property

• COTEC-BPI SME Innovation Award applications are now open
• European Inventor Award 2024 applications are now open

# Telecommunications

• ANACOM launches a procedure for drafting a new regulation

# Consumer Law

• EC proposes a new Regulation on toy safety in the EU

# Blockchain

• Portugal joins the IP Registers in blockchain

# Web4

• EC presents EU strategy to lead on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds

The Team:
Jorge Silva Martins (Counsel, CS’Associados)
João Carminho (Senior Associate, CS’Associados)
Inês Coré (Associate, CS'Associados)