France: new legislation on damages for copyright infringement
…(‘IPC’) with regard to damages and remedies. Calculation of the damages Article L.331-1-3 paragraph 1 IPC now states that the courts must, in order to assess the damages in copyright…
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A bill to amend the Spanish IP Law
…for universities and public research centers to use publications (a book chapter, an article, or an equivalent extension) in exchange for a remuneration paid to the rightholders (this remuneration is…
The TTIP-gate: a tale of access to documents, secrecy and EU powers
…a document where disclosure would undermine the protection of the public interest as regards international relations (article 4/1 (a) of the Regulation). So, for example, documents conveying negotiating strategies could…
Recently added copyright cases
…the right to property (stated in Articles 2 and 17 of the Declaration of Human and Civic Rights of 1789) if it is justified by reasons of public interest and…
Italy: the take-down notice must contain the specific YouTube URLs
…Directive (i.e. Articles 16 and 17 of the Legislative Decree No. 70/2003), the hosting provider: (i) is not liable for the information stored at the request of a user of…
No more downloading from unlawful sources?
…interfaces between limitations and the application of TPMs; and recitals 22, 31, 32, 35, 38 and 44, which supplement the interpretation of the above articles. When interpreting these provisions and…
Collective management, Exceptions and Limitations, Fair Use, France, Infringement, Jurisdiction, Legislative process, Remuneration (equitable)
Thumbnails: French proposal for payment of royalties by search engines
…more precise way, the French Supreme Court, in a judgement of 12 July 2012 (No. 11-15165), applied to Google Images the liability limitation system set out in Article 6-I-2 of…
Latvia: recently added copyright cases
…work without permission. Additionally, E. demanded compensation for the infringement of her moral and economic author’s rights according to Article 69 (1) Copyright Law. The court of cassation had to…
Dutch Supreme Court: Cable retransmission has ended, but the levy might be reintroduced
…rights prescribed by article 9 of the SatCab Directive does no longer apply, nor does the rule of article 9.2 of the same that the relevant collecting societies have a…
CJEU in UPC Telekabel Wien: A totally legal court order…to do the impossible
…that, as previously emphasised in the Court’s case law, there is nothing whatsoever in Article 17(2) of the Charter to suggest that intellectual property is inviolable and must be absolutely…