On 24 May 2023, Switzerland's Federal Council, the executive branch of the country, has approved a bill which opens a four-month consultation regarding the possible amendment to the Copyright Act (CopA) to introduce a neighbouring right for news content.

The measure, if adopted, would force social media platforms to compensate news producers for the use of news snippets. The Federal Council said the new law would address an imbalance in the market.

“The content offered by search engines,...

The Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service, FIOD, supported by Europol, has taken down an illegal IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service serving over one million users across Europe, following a series of raids on May 23 across the Netherlands.

The operation, which was part of a crackdown on illegal streaming, saw officers from the FIOD search properties in various locations in The Netherlands, leading to the arrest of "several individuals" suspected to be involved in the il...

The European Commission has published its biennial 'Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights' (IPR) in third countries, which identified China as the top priority country for the EU, with India and Türkiye remaining "priority 2" countries. and Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Thailand as "priority 3" countries.

The Third Country Report focuses on so-called ‘priority countries’ in which the state of IPR protection and e...