…for a preliminary ruling as the BGH’s final judgment concerned the interpretation of Article 5(3)(n) InfoSoc Directive. The BGH referred three questions to the CJEU which were finally answered by…
…law Article L.112-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code (‘IPC’) protects ‘the rights of authors in all works of the mind, whatever their kind, form of expression, merit or purpose’,…
…were published in relation to breaking news articles, the fact that articles together with photographs were widely used in different media by an individual, the revenue of the publisher per…
…has jurisdiction to grant a website blocking order under s.97A Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (which implemented Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/29). In its consideration of this application the…
…ensure that users who buy films, music or articles at home can also enjoy them while travelling across Europe”. Even though this has been primarily seen as a call to…
…Court of First Instance followed the Belgian State and ruled the aforesaid pricing system illegal because it cannot be based on article XI.165 of the Economic Law Code. This provision…
…the EU had not become exclusively competent under Article 3(2) TFEU. Doubts were also raised as to using article 207 TFEU as the legal basis for the signature and ratification…
…could the application of proposed article 25fa) be invoked or not? Put differently, would proposed article 25h) ensure that article 25fa) prevails in cases where the contract contains a choice…
…while they are perfectly acceptable in the Netherlands provided they meet the criteria of article 15a of the Dutch Copyright Act? Citing music in France is also problematic due to…
This article was originally published on the Media Institute website – see here. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author. In a previous column for the…
