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The Swedish tax consequences of e-commerce

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • October 27 2009

What are the tax consequences of e-commerce and the virtual economy in Sweden?

Hot pursuit of mere conduits

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • January 11 2010

Following the criminal conviction of the Pirate Bay defendants in April, rights-owners have been pursuing civil cases, including against ISPs, in an attempt to close down the Pirate Bay site

Swedish Competition Authority publishes policy on enforcement priorities

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • January 29 2010

The Swedish Competition Authority ("KKV") published on 4 January 2010 its policy for prioritising which matters it will chose to investigate

Cablewatch

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • February 8 2011

The PTS began offering on a national basis the new internet service "Ledningskollen.se" (translates roughly as "CableWatch.se") in December 2010, to prevent excavation-related damage to communications and power cables

The Pirate Bay verdict the end of the beginning?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • December 14 2009

As has been extensively reported, four representatives of ‘Pirate Bay’, a Swedish file sharing site (reports vary as to where it is actually based), were found guilty of contributory copyright infringement on 17 April 2009 by the Stockholm District Court

2.6 GHz spectrum

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • February 8 2011

Hi3G, the company which operates the mobile telecommunications service "3" in Sweden, has acquired the spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band (2570-2620 MHz TDD), previously owned (but never used) by Intel

Data retention legislation

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • February 8 2011

The Swedish government has presented a legislative bill implementing the EU Data Retention Directive 200624EG, to come into force on 1 July 2011

First Swedish information orders case overturned on appeal

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • October 27 2009

Following the Swedish implementation in April of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, the Solna District Court issued Sweden’s first order requiring an ISP to disclose the identity of the user behind an IP address alleged to have been used for activities infringing copyright

Update of legislation authorising the Swedish Competition Authority to request information

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • September 17 2010

The Swedish government has on 12 May 2010 tabled before the Riksdag a bill for a new Act on the Obligation to Provide Information Regarding Market and Competition Conditions

Swedish tax authorities cash in on the virtual economy

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
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  • October 27 2009

The Swedish tax authority "Skatteverket" is coming to the end of a three-year tax investigation project into the E-Commerce Sector