Digi­tal Pro­ducts and the Euro­pean Market

Regu­la­to­ry Land­scape for Soft­ware, AI and Cybersecurity

Auto­no­mous vehic­les that sud­den­ly bra­ke for no reason, secu­ri­ty vul­nerabi­li­ties in smart door locks, or a smart fri­dge that orders too much food wit­hout human inter­ven­ti­on – What are the lia­bi­li­ty risks?

In the cur­rent era of digi­ta­li­sa­ti­on and glo­bal inter­con­nec­ti­vi­ty of pro­ducts, it is impe­ra­ti­ve to com­pre­hend the num­e­rous regu­la­to­ry requi­re­ments and their altera­ti­ons that impact the pla­ce­ment of pro­ducts in both the dome­stic and EU mar­kets, both in terms of pro­duct com­pli­ance and the asso­cia­ted mar­ket impact. This is of par­ti­cu­lar inte­rest to Asi­an com­pa­nies wis­hing to enter the Euro­pean mar­ket, as it is one of the lar­gest mar­kets in the world. Even if a com­pa­ny does not have a regis­tered office or branch in the Euro­pean Uni­on, the strict EU regu­la­to­ry requi­re­ments for pro­ducts app­ly to inter­na­tio­nal com­pa­nies as soon as they make their pro­duct available on the EU mar­ket. It is the­r­e­fo­re essen­ti­al for an inter­na­tio­nal com­pa­ny to con­sider pro­duct regu­la­ti­on under both dome­stic and Euro­pean law to iden­ti­fy poten­ti­al syn­er­gies. The rapid deve­lo­p­ment of soft­ware and arti­fi­ci­al intel­li­gence (AI) and the gro­wing glo­bal cyber thre­at are crea­ting new chal­lenges for pro­duct safe­ty and lia­bi­li­ty law. The regu­la­ti­on of cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and AI is coming to the fore with seve­ral new regu­la­ti­ons. From trans­pa­rent docu­men­ta­ti­on of soft­ware and AI deve­lo­p­ment to safe­ty test­ing and lia­bi­li­ty for mal­func­tions, regu­la­to­ry requi­re­ments requi­re basic under­stan­ding and pre­pa­ra­ti­on. AI is a cri­ti­cal fac­tor for mar­ket ent­ry in the EU, and com­pa­nies should be proac­ti­ve in mini­mi­sing legal risks.

In coope­ra­ti­on with experts from the lea­ding law firms Allen & Gledhill LLP (Sin­ga­po­re) and Nis­hi­mu­ra & Asahi (Japan), we are plea­sed to invi­te you to our web­i­nar series. This will pro­vi­de com­pa­nies with a prac­ti­cal over­view of the regu­la­to­ry requi­re­ments, latest news and prac­ti­cal insights for pla­cing pro­ducts on the Euro­pean market.

Our approach is to pro­vi­de you with a web­i­nar­se­ries that will offer relia­ble infor­ma­ti­on on dome­stic pro­duct law and the chal­lenges of ente­ring the Euro­pean mar­ket from a prac­ti­cal point of view. Dra­wing on real-life sce­na­ri­os, we will elu­ci­da­te the distinc­tions and par­al­lels bet­ween Euro­pean regu­la­ti­ons and tho­se in effect in Sin­ga­po­re and Japan, adop­ting a com­pre­hen­si­ve, all-in-one approach.

Ses­si­on 1

Spea­k­er

• Tay Yong Seng, Part­ner, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Agen­da

• Pro­duct fail­ures and glo­bal action: Learn from real-world cases  invol­ving pro­duct lia­bi­li­ty and defects, invol­ving indus­tries like auto­mo­ti­ve, power gene­ra­ti­on and engi­nee­ring industries.
• Sin­ga­po­re’s regu­la­to­ry frame­work: Gain insights into navi­ga­ting dome­stic laws and bridging the gaps bet­ween Sin­ga­po­re­an laws and inter­na­tio­nal pro­duct lia­bi­li­ty regimes.
• Proac­ti­ve inci­dent manage­ment: Dis­co­ver stra­te­gies for effec­tively mana­ging inci­dents and recalls to build trust and ensu­re compliance.
• Expert legal advice: Bene­fit from Allen & Gledhill LLP’s exper­ti­se in cross-border tran­sac­tions and com­plex dis­pu­tes, pro­vi­ding prac­ti­cal advice for com­pa­nies ente­ring or ope­ra­ting in Sin­ga­po­re or Asia mar­kets, espe­ci­al­ly in inter­na­tio­nal arbi­tra­ti­on and cross-border dis­pu­te reso­lu­ti­on invol­ving coun­ter­par­ties in Asia.

Ses­si­on 2

Spea­k­er

Gai Mat­su­s­hi­ta, Part­ner, Nis­hi­mu­ra & Asahi

Agen­da

• Regu­la­ti­ons for AI-enabled pro­ducts in Japan: Explo­re product-specific requi­re­ments under Japa­ne­se law, inclu­ding AI, data com­pli­ance and cyber­se­cu­ri­ty regulations.
• Com­pre­hen­si­ve Legal Exper­ti­se: Nis­hi­mu­ra & Asahi offers insights on data com­pli­ance, intellec­tu­al pro­per­ty, digi­tal trans­for­ma­ti­on, and machi­ne learning.
• Tail­o­red Stra­te­gic Solu­ti­ons: Dis­co­ver stra­te­gies for laun­ching and deve­lo­ping AI-based pro­ducts in the Japa­ne­se mar­ket, addres­sing the needs of start-ups and mul­ti­na­tio­nals alike.
• Lever­aging Inno­va­ti­on Amid Regu­la­ti­ons: Learn how to navi­ga­te Japan’s chal­len­ging regu­la­to­ry land­scape while capi­ta­li­zing on inno­va­ti­on and tech­no­lo­gi­cal advances.

Ses­si­on 3

Spea­k­er

• Phil­ipp Reusch, Foun­ding Part­ner, reuschlaw
• Chris­ti­na Kie­fer, Seni­or Asso­cia­te, reuschlaw

Agen­da

• Key EU regu­la­to­ry deve­lo­p­ments: Under­stand the latest regu­la­ti­ons, inclu­ding the Arti­fi­ci­al Intel­li­gence Act, new rules on cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and cyber resi­li­ence as well as the impact of EU data law on pro­duct deve­lo­p­ment and improvement.
• Pro­duct safe­ty and lia­bi­li­ty: Find out about the gene­ral requi­re­ments for digi­tal pro­ducts pla­ced on the EU market.
• Sup­p­ly chain com­pli­ance: Explo­re the strin­gent EU requi­re­ments for pro­duct safe­ty in the sup­p­ly chain and their impact on businesses.
• Risk manage­ment and com­pli­ance: Dis­co­ver stra­te­gies to mini­mi­ze legal risks while capi­ta­li­zing on oppor­tu­ni­ties through effec­ti­ve risk manage­ment practices.

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