Posts Tagged ‘Antigua and Barbuda’

UK white list for online gambling advertising, updated

Posted by Nicolae on January 17th, 2008 under Advertising, Business, European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling
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U.K. Gambling Act of 2005 went into effect Sept. 1, 2007, restricting online gambling advertising to only those companies based in the United Kingdom or other countries in the European Economic Area. The EEA consists of the 27 countries in the European Union together with Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. Countries [...]

Gambling industry, more important for US than the intellectual property?

Posted by Nicolae on December 27th, 2007 under Gambling industry, Legislation, Online Gambling, UIGEA, United States
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The World Trade Organization, on 21 December 2007, awarded Antigua and Barbuda an annual $21 million compensation claim against the US and also approved of Antigua’s right to suspend its recognition of US copyright and trademark laws to an amount that does not exceed the value of its claim. [...]

$21m annually for Antigua and Barbuda in its dispute with US for online gambling

Posted by Nicolae on December 22nd, 2007 under Legislation, Online Gambling, UIGEA, United States
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The World Trade Organization, on 21 December 2007, issued the arbitration report regarding Antigua and Barbuda’s complaint against “United States — Measures affecting the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services” (DS285), especially UIGEA, awarded Antigua and Barbuda an annual $21 million compensation claim against the US and also [...]

US and EU agreement on online gambling, possible Canada and Japan

Posted by Nicolae on December 17th, 2007 under Legislation, Online Gambling, UIGEA
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Unfortunately for the online casinos and poker rooms, the agreement (signed in Geneva) is not to change UIGEA, but to compensate EU for this ban.
United States will compensate European Union especially in the domain of the trade, and mail services. In accordance with Business Week, “This compensation cannot be [...]