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CJEU ruling confirms live internet streaming of TV broadcasts infringes copyright

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • April 15 2013

On 7 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in ITV Broadcasting Ltd and others v TV Catchup Ltd 2013 C60711 EUECJ

European Commission to review Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 9 2013

On 27 November 2012, the European Commission issued a Communication describing how the current legal framework set out in the Directive on Misleading and

CJEU offers partial clarification as to governing jurisdiction for sui generis right

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 7 2012

A decision has been reached by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding Football Dataco Ltd and Others v Sportradar GmbH and Another 17311 referred from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in respect of a request for interpretation of Article 7 of Directive 969EC on the Legal Protection of Databases (the Directive

Pub landlords found to infringe the Premier League’s copyright: pyrrhic victory after all?

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2012

In Football Association Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure 2012 EWHC 108 (Ch) Lord Justice Kitchin has now accepted that the Defendant publicans communicated copyright works contained in foreign broadcasts of Premier League matches to the public, following the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling to that effect in October 2011

The protection of football fixture lists under the EU Database Directive

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 30 2012

On 1 March 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union passed judgement on Football Dataco Ltd v Yahoo! UK Ltd 2012 CJEU C-60410, concluding that the football fixture lists in question are not protected by copyright as there is insufficient intellectual creation on the part of the author

“Communication to the public”: CJEU finds it does not include live performances or direct presentations of copyrighted work

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 12 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has once again considered the meaning of “communication to the public” under Article 3(1) of the Copyright Directive (200129EC

Jurisdiction to award damages for online infringement of “personality rights” clarified

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 29 2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that victims of infringements of “personality rights” by means of the internet can chose to bring actions before the courts of the Member State in which they reside in respect of all the damage caused

Social networking sites could do more to protect minors’ privacy

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 29 2011

On 30 September 2011, the European Commission published a Report on an Assessment of the Implementation of the Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU

Territorial exclusivity of football broadcasts found contrary to EU law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 3 2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in Football Association Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure C- 40308 and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd C- 42908 (4 October 2011) that a system of licences for the broadcasting of sporting events which grants licensees territorial exclusivity on a Member State basis, and which prohibits television viewers from watching the broadcasts in one Member State using a decoder licensed for use in another, is contrary to EU law

EU enhances copyright protection for sound recordings and songs

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 3 2011

On 12 September 2011, Directive 2011 77 EU, amending Directive 2006 116 EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (the Directive) was adopted

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