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Cypercity had sued incumbent operator TDC which controls the telephone network in the form of the copper wires. At the High Court, Cypercity argued that TDC should have abused its position by discriminating against Cybercity in a period during 2006/2007 by blocking for Cypercity's access to customers requiring both internet and broad band.
Radio frequencies are required for running mobile network in Denmark and consequently, the four mobile operators Telia, Telenor, TDC and 3 all signed up for the so-called 4G auction.
A new European authority is to promote international co-operation and best practices in connection with the investigation of computer crime.
As part of the increasing interest for particularly international businesses in using whistleblower systems the Data Protection Agency has now intensified the requirements for use of such systems, which is the focus of this article.
Currently, the ”Constitution” of Danish farmers, the Agricultural Act, is subject to thorough revision in Parliament in connection with the government’s plans commonly known as “Green Growth”, according to which the ownership to Danish farmland will be liberalised.
The Complaint Board for Public Procurement gets increased power of sanctions. As part of the government’s new comprehensive competition package a new bill is introduced regarding enforcement of the procurement rules, according to which The Complaint Board for Public Procurement is effectively ensured to be able to enforce both national and EU rules in the area.
As described in a separate article in this newsletter the new Limited Company Act, which was passed by the Danish parliament last year, will come into force in stages starting on 1 March 2010. Read in more detail about the changes of bylaws, shareholders’ agreements, etc. which businesses should consider in response to the new Act.
On 1 November 2009 the Payment Services Act became effective and replaced the Act on Means of Payment. Below an insight into the changes and consequences of the new Act is given.
The highly media covered dispute between the Zentropa film company and writer Peter Øvig Knudsen raises the question on whether there is a copyright infringement if a film is closely adapted from a historically based book without permission from the author to make a screen version.