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Anti-piracy case referred to the ECJ

  • Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • October 27 2010

The Supreme Court has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling in a case concerning an order to provide information pursuant to the Swedish Copyright Act

Jimi Hendrix clarifies the purple haze of the enforcement directive

  • RPC
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • October 28 2010

In the European Union, questions of copyright protection and infringement are still decided on a country-bycountry basis by reference to applicable national legislation, although copyright law is broadly consistent between countries as a result of (mainly non-EU specific) international conventions

CJEU enlightens digital reproduction equipment manufacturers on issues concerning private copying levies

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • November 10 2010

On 21 October 2010, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") issued its judgment in Case C-46708 SGAE, which provides striking clarity on a number of issues concerning the interpretation of the concept of fair compensation under Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 200129EC (the "Information Society Directive"

Rights holders and internet service providers discuss combating file-sharing

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • July 5 2011

The European Commission’s Stakeholders’ Dialogue on illegal uploading, downloading, and file-sharing was concluded with the publication of a Synthesis Report

The big match - EU law v IPR

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • June 14 2011

Sky Television, recently celebrated its 20th birthday

The ECJ: cross-border traders of blank CDs and DVDs cannot escape paying the private copying levy

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • June 17 2011

Yesterday, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") rendered a ground-breaking decision in case C-46209 Stichting de Thuiskopie v. Opus

Technology Annual Review

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 11 2011

A month by month review of selected technology legal news from 2010

Football Dataco Ltd and others v Sportradar GmbH: copyright and database right infringement and jurisdiction

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • April 29 2011

Allowing Sportradar's appeal in part, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has ruled that Dataco's copyright claim in relation to a database of football statistics failed because what was allegedly copied was "mere data", not the database itself

A levy big headache?

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union
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  • June 29 2011

National courts obliged to find a way to impose copyright levies on those based outside of their jurisdiction

The big match EU law v IPR

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • February 8 2011

As we all know Sky is a hugely successful broadcasting phenomenon