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"Communication to the public" includes "live" streaming of TV content to licensed recipients

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 11 2013

The CJEU has held that TVCatchup's live streaming of UK free-to-view terrestrial television broadcasts infringes authors' rights to control

Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

2013 will herald some significant changes to the UK legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to executive remuneration and narrative

TMT past, present and future: UKEU review of 2012 and preview of 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

No duty to monitor" extended to social networks: In February 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") ruled that the owner of an

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

The power of the "super-brand"

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 20 2012

The decision of the General Court on the use of the word “BEATLE” in relation to electric mobility aids confirms that the owners of a famous trade mark can prevent other businesses seeking to use the same brand, even in completely different markets and where there is no suggestion of any confusion on the part of consumers

"It's good for you" - healthy food marketing claims and European regulations

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 20 2012

Marketing claims that food products have a temporary beneficial health effect and or suggest that such foods are less harmful to the consumer than other foods of the same kind could constitute health claims which must comply with European Regulation

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

A round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • May 24 2012

In the case of SAS Institute v World Programming Limited, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") has considered the limited extent to which certain elements of a computer program enjoy copyright protection

No Big Brother required: ECJ extends "no duty to monitor" protection to social networks

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • March 30 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union has published its judgment in the case of SABAM v Netlog, in which it has ruled that the owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system in order to prevent the unlawful use of protected works

Football Dataco fails to qualify - CJEU rules against subsistence of database copyright in the contents of fixture lists

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 14 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that database copyright is available only in relation to the structure of the database and not as a form of protection for its contents, and then only where there is creative originality in the selection and arrangement of the database