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Jurisdiction in online infringement cases: “substantial link” theory confirmed

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 28 2009

In Ferrara v Ministère public (Case 07-87.281, 9th September 2008) the Criminal Chamber of the French Supreme Court has confirmed the applicability of the “substantial link” theory in criminal cases involving the infringement of IP rights on foreign websites

Hadopi 2 gets nod from Constitutional Council

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 9 2009

On 22 October 2009, the French Constitutional Council gave a favourable decision on "Hadopi 2"

Deep linking may not constitute copyright infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 2 2010

The Court of First Instance of Nanterre has ruled that a web portal that provides a deep link to the website of a software developer where the latter's software can be downloaded does not constitute copyright infringement

High Court grants Norwich Pharmacal order in Wikipedia case

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 22 2010

The High Court has granted an order requiring Wikimedia Foundation Inc (Wikimedia) to disclose the IP address of a registered user of Wikipedia

MP3 streaming website fined 1million for IP infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 19 2009

Radioblogclub.fr, a French website dedicated to MP3 streaming, was fined 1million for intellectual property (IP) infringement

Internet company held liable for unauthorised performance of music recordings

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Brazil
  • -
  • March 15 2010

A judge from the State of Rio de Janeiro has penalised an internet company for the unauthorised performance of music recordings and transmission of music events

Court decision against owners of P2P website "elitedivx.com"

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • December 15 2009

The Provincial Court of Cartagena has overruled a lower court's decision to acquit the owners of the website "elitedivx.com" (which allows users to download copyrighted works from file-sharing programs such as eMule and BitTorrent) of all criminal charges

Paris High Court applies French law in book scanning case

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 22 2010

The 3rd Chamber of the Paris High Court (the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris) decided to apply French law to a case involving Google and French book editors

ECJ decision in Google AdWords case

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 24 2010

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has concluded that Google is not liable for trade mark infringement in relation to its AdWords programme, although advertisers may be

Tourism company ordered to pay damages for online copyright infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Brazil
  • -
  • April 19 2010

A judge from the Brazilian Federal District ordered a tourism company to pay a photographer R$1,000 (approximately US$500) as actual and moral damages for copyright infringement

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