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  13/06/2025

  Ukraine

  Ukraine’s new law on factoring enhances transparency and legal certainty

  On 3 June 2025, the Ukrainian parliament adopted the Law No. 12306 “On Factoring”. The law, which now awaits the President’s signature, is designed to enhance the regulatory framework governing factoring activities in Ukraine. One of its central goals is to implement the provisions of the UNIDROIT Model Law, which advocates for the harmonisation of international factoring regulations.Key objectives and innovationsPrior to the adoption of this law, there was no comprehensive regulation of factoring in Ukrainian legislation. The rules governing factoring were not systematised, and...

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  13/06/2025

  United Kingdom

  Ofcom publishes Statement of Principles and Methods to designate Radio Selection Services

  The Media Act 2024 (the “Act”) introduced new rules for “radio selection services” (“RSS”), internet-based services which allow for internet radio to be played following voice activation. The Act requires that RSS which have been designated by the Secretary of State (on Ofcom’s recommendation) must reliably provide the online stream of UK broadcast radio services at no cost to the radio station provider itself. For more details on this new regime please see our previous articles here and here.On 15 May 2025, Ofcom published its final Statement of Principles...

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  13/06/2025

  United Kingdom

  Im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Media Act 2024 Continues: Draft Regulations and Consultation on Original, Regional and Independent Productions Published

  On 6 May 2025, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) published two draft statutory instruments which, if finalised and approved by Parliament, will implement changes concerning production quotas set out within the Media Act 2024. The draft instruments have been published to support the consultation procedure which must be completed before they can be laid before Parliament and become law.The relevant consultation was published by Ofcom on 15 May. It sets out its approach to implementing the new framework for production quotas, including the levels of original production...

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  11/06/2025

  Europe

  How the Cofemel ruling changed the game for copyright protection of 3D works

  As discussed in our article from September 2019, in the Cofemel, C-683/17 case (“Cofemel”) the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) clarified that the single requirement for the existence of copyright protection in a design is ‘originality’ under the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29/EC) (the “Directive”) – confirming the absence of any additional requirement of an ‘aesthetic effect’. Almost six years after the Cofemel judgment, the majority of EU Member States now have a national law which recognises and reflects the decision...

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  30/05/2025

  England and Wales

  Delays to crunch time: The UK Government postpones new Advertising Regulations on "Less Healthy Foods"

  In a further update to the ongoing saga, the UK government has announced that the long-awaited Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024 (the “Advertising Regulations”), which place tighter controls on the advertising of less healthy foods, will now come into force on 5 January 2026 instead of 1 October 2025. This is to allow for the introduction of an exemption for brand advertisements under secondary legislation.  The UK Government has consistently claimed that brand advertising should not be caught by the new rules, however the CAP and BCAP...

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  28/05/2025

  Europe

  European Commission proposes GDPR sim­pli­fic­a­tion for small mid-cap enterprises

  On 21 May 2025, the European Commission unveiled its long-awaited fourth Simplification Omnibus package, which targets the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU’s flagship data-protection legislation. The Commission states that its aim is to reduce bureaucracy and create a regulatory environment that drives innovation, growth, quality jobs and investment.The following article outlines how the proposed GDPR simplification will achieve these objectives.GDPR simplificationArticle 30 of the GDPR states that each controller and processor must maintain a record of processing activities....

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