Intellectual Property law in the ecommerce area has also changed. There is a very recently agreed new EU copyright directive which is due to be implemented in the 27 EU member states (but not the UK) in 2021.
The post-Brexit transition period expires on 31 December 2020 which has implications for the application of ecommerce law in a number of different areas which are all addressed in the new addition.
The 2010 EU vertical regulation and guidelines have recently been built on with the EU “geo-blocking” regulation and the related EU Commission’s initiatives in relation to ecommerce in the anti-trust area.
In 2020 the UK implemented changes in relation to EU law in the revised 2018 Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) through the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 which are addressed in the new edition as post-Brexit the UK is retaining this legislation.
Other updates include the distance selling legislation in the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015 which came into force since the last edition.
Table Of Contents
Chapter 2 Digital Rights
Chapter 3 Brands
Chapter 4 Data
Chapter 5 Digital Marketing
Chapter 6 User Generated Content and Social Media
Chapter 7 and 8 AVMS Directive and Video-on-Demand
Chapter 9 Contract
Chapter 10 Jurisdiction