The Supreme Court clarified the circumstances under which private copying levies should be paid by importers of cell phones, and reached the conclusion that if two technically independent devices have such a close connection that they together make up one device, such device could be subject to the provisions regarding private copying levies.

Case date: 29 December 2017
Case number: T 3973-15
Court: Supreme Court of Sweden

A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.


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