Protecting Italian lamps and egg chairs in the UK: the proposed repeal of S.52 CDPA *

Italy, United Kingdom - October 31 2012
Hidden in the recesses of the Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Bill are some potentially radical changes to the UK’s copyright regime. 

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Proposed collecting society reforms *

European Union - October 31 2012
The European Commission has issued a proposed Directive on the “collective management of copyright and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use”. 

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Murphy case continues to haunt TV licensing models *

European Union - May 30 2012
In October 2011, the Court of Justice handed down its ruling in the combined cases of Football Association Premier League v QC Leisure and Murphy v Media Protection Services.

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It's the presentation, not the content, that counts! *

European Union, United Kingdom - April 26 2012
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that football fixture lists do not attract database copyright under Article 3 of the Database Directive contrary to a decision of the High Court of England and Wales.

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Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets – English floodgates open to cross-border IP litigation...? *

United Kingdom, USA - October 25 2011
The UK's highest court of appeal, the Supreme Court, decided that Lucasfilm's UK copyright was not infringed by the manufacture and sale of replica Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets in the UK.

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