Law

✒ In this landmark ruling, the UK Supreme Court had unanimously found against Uber. It was held that Uber’s drivers are its “workers” — a classification that falls between that of the self-employed and full employees — and are entitled to holiday pay, minimum wage, sick leave and pension. Also, Supreme Court ruled that drivers … Read More

✒ Different approaches by the two platforms in light of Australia’s proposed legislation: Facebook takes a hard line approach while Google seeks to strike deals to stay active. Tech companies are being forced to reckon with how they operate in the future. The transition from tech disrupter to regulated online utility is under way.

✒ The consultancy has agreed to a settlement of more than half a billion dollars with virtually every US state and several territories, to resolve the claim that it gave improper advice to Purdue Pharma on how to increase opioid sales by identifying physicians who were heavy prescribers of painkillers and marketing more aggressively towards … Read More

✒ The case may have profound implications for the industry ― if the SEC’s action is successful, it would set a precedent and a large number of cryptocurrencies would have to be redesignated and regulated as securities. This action signals that the US is likely to be hostile to ICOs unless and until legislative change … Read More

✒ What a colorful saga. I didn’t know one can trademark a colour. Regardless, Deutsche Telekom has not been using what it owns and have been asking Lemonade to refrain from using what Deutsche Telekom doesn’t actually own. The French authority ruled that “there is no evidence of genuine use of this mark for the … Read More

✒ The “Microsoft 2.0” has landed, a big tech antitrust lawsuit that everyone has seen coming. The US government hasn’t brought an antitrust case of this size since 1998. The DoJ says in the filing that “Google is so dominant that ‘Google’ is not only a noun to identify the company and the Google search … Read More

✒ Bigger picture: this fight between tech titans and Canberra could set precedent for the rest of the world, especially the US and the EU.

✒ “Apple has opposed dozens of other trademark applications filed by small businesses with fruit-related logos. Many of those were changed or abandoned. Most small businesses can’t afford the tens of thousands of dollars it would take to fight Apple.”

✒The state argues drivers face harm without sick pay or other employee benefits, while Uber and Lyft say the vast majority of their drivers like the flexibility of the gig economy and want to remain independent.

✒ The court found there was no clear guidance on where the technology could be used and too broad a discretion was given to police officers. But the police insisted that the ruling was not a fatal blow and had simply set out much clearer legal parameters to its use.

✒ Simplicity of its design creates complexity in its trademark claim.

✒ The business-to-business companies are willing to see much tougher regulation than the consumer-facing ones.