Apple mega-bucks give Ireland a โ‚ฌ14 billion dilemma

More billions are on the way from the tech giant as the Irish hoover up multinational taxes at a breakneck pace โ€” but struggle to build what this booming nation needs.

ABBA to Trump: Stop using our tunes

Swedish icons join Cรฉline Dion, Beyoncรฉ, Foo Fighters, Johnny Marr, Adele, Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses (and breathe, whew!) in fury at Donald Trump.

Black Sea offshore natural gas bolsters EU energy security

The Neptun Deep project to produce natural gas offshore at the Black Sea is the key to reducing dependence on gas imports and strengthening the EUโ€™s energy security.

Disneyland Paris conjures up bumper profits despite strikes

Theme park generates $343.4m in profit for Hollywood giant as it shores up wider business amid weaker box office returnsDisneyโ€™s Parisian theme park complex has delivered a welcome boost to the embattled Hollywood giant, generating $343.4m (โ‚ฌ317m) in p…

Danish man on trial over alleged ยฃ500k music streaming fraud

Aarhus court hears he may have profited from artificially generated playbacks, in case thought to be first of its kindA Danish man has gone on trial in the city of Aarhus over accusations that he fraudulently made 4.38m kroner (more than ยฃ502,000) in r…

EU competitiveness and licensing of essential technologies

The authors regularly advise the automotive and IT/tech industry. The views expressed in this article are personal. As things stand now, European manufacturers are at a disadvantage, as patent owners from around the world can exclude devices that implement standards from the market unless manufacturers give in to their royalty demands. The proposed EU SEP [โ€ฆ]

Give innovators the boost they need: fairness and transparency

A plea for EU Commissioners to support proposed regulation on licensing of standard essential patents.

Tech licensing regulation: A common-sense attempt at balance

Proposed EU regulation would mark a welcome return to balance and more transparency in standardized technology licensing.

Avoiding litigation about patents โ€” whatโ€™s not to like?

Transparency at the heart of Commissionโ€™s proposed patents regulation is a sensible and decent plan to build upon, says former judge of the General Court of the EU.

Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker for โ‚ฌ1m in test of EU โ€˜bestseller clauseโ€™

Landmark case over popular snowball candle holder design may open door to retrospective claims across blocOne of Swedenโ€™s longest-established glassmakers is facing what could be a landmark legal challenge over โ‚ฌ1m in royalties it has allegedly failed t…

Commissionโ€™s patents proposal doesnโ€™t have to be so damaging

A counterproposal to European Commissionโ€™s far-reaching and very flawed standard-essential patents regulation.

While Neighbours screens in Latvia, Australian TV writers still get paid โ€“ but for how much longer?

The writers of series going back to the 1980s expect to collect a record $2.42m this year from overseas royalties, but that income is now under threat from streamingGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn Norway, where winter nights last more tha…