In case C 393/09, the ECJ decided that a GUI is not a form of expression of a computer program and cannot therefore be protected by copyright as a computer…
According to the Austrian Supreme Court, the EU Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC harmonises the right of communication to the public, assuming a consistent European term of publicity. The right of communication…
…established copyright norms. At European level, this increased attention is evident in the Digital Libraries Initiative, the Communication from the (European) Commission on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy, and the…
The football leagues in Europe seem to be on a losing streak in Luxembourg. On February 17 the European Court of Justice pronounced that Member States may reserve television coverage…
…Dutch Government up on its promise to start discussions at the European level around the introduction of a ‘fair use’ defence for user created content, as it had said it…
National legislation implementing the Directive on the legal protection of designs (98/71/EC) may not exclude from copyright protection designs that were protected by a registered design right and entered into…
…of Justice considers, in particular, the availability of copyright law to databases but decided to leave that question to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling. Importantly, and…
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