Podcast: The Briefing from the IP Law Blog - The Right to Repair and More New Exemptions
The Briefing from the IP Law Blog β DMCA: The Right to Repair and More new Exemptions
Protecting our planet by making products on the EU market more sustainable and circular: This is the main objective of the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation ("ESPR"), which has come into force on 18 July 2024...more
Now itβs adopted: the EU Directive on a right to repair. This is a game changer. It affects manufacturers and sellers alike, and provides new opportunities for repair service providers. Supply chains become repair chains:...more
The directive aims to reduce waste and bolster the repair sector. On 2 February 2024, the European Parliament (Parliament) and European Council (Council) reached a provisional deal on a directive promoting the repair of...more
The EU Commission is currently proposing a wide range of measures to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal to become climate neutral by 2050. At the same time it has a clear tendency to strengthen consumer rights. In...more
The EU Commission is currently proposing a wide range of measures to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal to become climate neutral by 2050 and to strengthen consumer rights simultaneously. In this context it has now...more
As part of the European Green Deal ambitions, the proposal encourages sustainable consumption through additional incentives to repair products to reduce waste and emissions. On 22 March 2023, the European Commission...more