also known as the right‑to‑repair (or R2R) Directive. This legislation will, the Council has claimed in a press release, make it easier for consumers to seek repair instead of replacement of defective goods. Moreover, repair services will ...
On July 21, 2021, the FTC responded by unanimously adopting a policy statement that is aimed at stepping up enforcement of existing laws around the “Right to Repair.” Autores: John P. Feldman Edward A. Fultz The new policy statement, which is not authoritative law, announces t...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a measure finalizing the Digital Fair Repair Act, which will go into effect on July 1. Hochul first approved the bill in December after reaching an agreement with the bill sponsors to make key clarifications and changes through ...
Arguments on the case; Significance of the ruling for the Senate Bill 241, the state's right-to-repair law; Reason the state ruling makes it more difficult and costly for homeowners to pursue class-ac...
This Article posits that intellectual property law should accommodate consumers' right to repair their products. In recent years, there has been a growidoi:10.2139/ssrn.3317623Grinvald, Leah ChanTur-Sinai, OferSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
California Governor Gavin Newsom hassignedSB 244, orthe Right to Repair Act, into law, making it easier for owners to repair devices themselves or to take them to independent repair shops. Because California isone of the world’s largest economies, thisiFixit-cosponsoredbill may make it easier...
The European Union is moving closer to enacting a law that will not just require smartphones like the iPhone to have easier battery repairs, but it will also mandate how much of a battery must be reclaimable after recycling.
European consumers will have the right to have common household appliances, including mobile phones, repaired, while EU countries will have to produce schemes to boost repair rates according to a new law adopted on Friday (2 February).
This overview is not a comprehensive doctrinal legal analysis, but instead aims to provide a broad picture of the different concepts and methodologies that are at play in the research, implementation, or intentions around the right to repair within the law and policy domain. In Section 3.1, an...
Oregon’s landmark right-to-repair law is nearly here — today, SB 1596 passed the Oregon legislature, and is headed to Governor Tina Kotek’s desk to sign or veto within the next five days. It’s a big deal, because the Oregon law would be the first to ban “parts pairing,” a...