Month: January 2023

Adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir, attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið, where she discusses the European Commission’s draft decision on the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Uncertainty prevailed following the ruling of the CJEU on July 16 2020, in case C-311/18… Read more »

Garðar Víðir Gunnarsson takes a seat on the board of the Nordic Arbitration Centre

Garðar Víðir Gunnarsson, attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, has taken a seat on the board of the Nordic Arbitration Centre together with Haraldur I. Birgissson. Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson is the new chairman of the board. Other board members are Halla Björgvinsdóttir and Marta Guðrún Blöndal. See further on the Iceland Chamber of Commerce… Read more »

Intellectual Property in Virtual Reality

María Kristjánsdóttir, attorney at LEX Law Offices and Managing Director of GH Sigurgeirsson IP recently published an online article in Tölvumál – Skýrslutæknifélag Íslands‘s magazine where she reviews the main issues related to intellectual property rights and the metaverse. Intellectual property rights are often among the most valuable assets of companies, and it is as… Read more »