Category: Articles

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The Mechanisms of International Registration of Trademarks

The Mechanisms of International Registration of Trademarks

Author: Mahammad Jafarov, Legal Consultant, LLB at Baku State University (2018-2022), MA in Diplomacy and International Affairs at ADA University (2022-2024), e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Elnur Karimov, LLD (Doctoral Program in Law) at Kyushu University, 2021-2024, e-mail: [email protected]   Abstract The emergence and development of a competitive market environment led to the need for the actors...

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Life Imprisonment Being at Stake: Gender-stereotypical or Individual Assessment?

Life Imprisonment Being at Stake: Gender-stereotypical or Individual Assessment?

Author: Ilham Gasimov, LL.M. in International Human Rights Law at Saarland University, 2021/2022, email: [email protected] Editor: Danai Daisy Chirawu, Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Human Rights Policy & Practice (2021-2023), The University of Gothenburg, University of Deusto, University of Roehampton & The Arctic University of Norway, Bachelor of Laws (With Honours) (LLBS) (2012-2016) – the...

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Data Portability And Data Subjects Rights: Another Step Towards Interoperability And Freedom Of Choice In Europe

Data Portability And Data Subjects Rights: Another Step Towards Interoperability And Freedom Of Choice In Europe

Author: Annalisa Ricchiuti, LL.M in Intellectual Property and Competition Law-Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), 2020-2021, [email protected] Editor: Bobbie Smith, MA Geography University of Aberdeen 2016-2020 / Graduate Diploma in Law University of Exeter 2020-2022, e-mail [email protected]   2022 has been a fundamental year for data protection law. Last July, the European Parliament approved the...

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Does Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Keep the Pace with the Advances in Digital Technologies?

Does Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Keep the Pace with the Advances in Digital Technologies?

Author: Raneem Alfaleh, LLM program in International commercial law at the City University of London, 2021-2022, e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Elnur Karimov, LLD (Doctoral Program in Law) at Kyushu University, 2021-2024, e-mail: [email protected]   Abstract The recent advances in technology have pushed us to overview how intellectual property and copyright law has been used to legally...

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Payment Data in Open Banking and Data Protection Law

Payment Data in Open Banking and Data Protection Law

Author: Narmin Huseynzada, LLB, Baku State University, 2016-2020, e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Bader Kabbani, LLM International Commercial and Economic Law, SOAS, University of London, 2020-2021, e-mail: [email protected]   Abstract Open banking has reshaped existing customer-bank relationships and led to the emergence of new challenges regarding data collection. While data protection law creates a shield against the illegitimate...

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Renovation on the Security Line of GDPR with SCCs

Renovation on the Security Line of GDPR with SCCs

Author: Shahlar Ibadzade, LLM in Saarland University: Europa-Institut – European and International law, 2019-2022, e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Bobbie Smith, MA Geography University of Aberdeen 2016-2020 / Graduate Diploma in Law University of Exeter 2020-2022, e-mail [email protected] Abstract One of the most serious concerns of the previous century was that no EU members had effective data...

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The evolution of the euro area

The evolution of the euro area

On January 1, 2023, Croatia joined the Schengen area and the eurozone – almost 10 years after the country became a member of the European Union. In this blog, we will briefly describe the development of the eurozone, the positive and negative sides of the countries’ accession to the eurozone, and the reasons why some...

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Black January: international law and who is responsible?

Black January: international law and who is responsible?

A state of emergency was declared in Baku and other locations in the Azerbaijani SSR on 19 January 1990, according to a proclamation signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and authorized by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. On 20 January 1990, the illegal entry of Soviet army units into Baku and a number...

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Depositor protection in the European Union legal framework

Depositor protection in the European Union legal framework

Author: Nafisatu Wiafe Ansah, LLB University of Padova, 2015-2016, e-mail: [email protected] Legal Editor: Bader Kabbani, LLM International Commercial and Economic Law, SOAS, University of London, 2020-2021, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Banking is a complicated business and depositors are associated with the difficult nature of banking. Credit institutions can become non-liquid, insolvent, or fail. The victims of...