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Google held liable for copyright infringement for bulk scanning of books

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • France
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  • February 28 2010

The Paris Court of First Instance's third chamber has ruled that Google Inc.’s bulk scanning of books for its Google Book Search website, done without permission from copyright holders, infringed the copyrights on hundreds of French books

Peer to peer (P2P) legislation

  • Abril Abogados
  • -
  • Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 13 2012

Since 2006, when the first European Regulation against illegal downloading was enacted by Finland, most of EU Member States have followed the example

Copyright Developments in Europe - Sabam, TalkTalk cases shed light on internet filtering

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Belgium, France, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

What should be the role of internet intermediaries in fighting illegal content?

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

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • 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

French online copyright infringement law faces challenges but may create business opportunities

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 21 2009

The French online copyright infringement (so-called HADOPI) law was passed on May 13, 2009 by the two assemblies of the French parliament after long and tumultuous debates

Appeal court finds AFNIC not liable for failing to 'freeze' a domain name

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 19 2011

In October 2009 the French Association for Internet Names and Cooperation (AFNIC), the registry for the '.fr' country-code top-level domain, was ordered to pay compensation of 4,500 to the owner of the FRANCE LOTS trademark for failing to 'freeze' a domain name upon its request

Fine imposed on Google for faulty data retention and IP violation

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • France
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  • February 15 2008

On December 12, 2007, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that web-hosting services must be able to fully identify the editors and operators of blogs and other personal sites and may not rely on Internet Protocol addresses as their principal personal identifier

A sparkling decision

  • Wedlake Bell
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  • France, United Kingdom
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  • November 6 2007

CIVC, the French champagne wine-growers trade association has won on appeal its complaint under Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Service Policy concerning the unauthorized registration of the domain name champagne.co.uk (the “Domain Name”

eBay’s legal battles continue: a French victory and a prudent English test case

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • European Union, France, United Kingdom
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  • July 28 2009

While a French court found that eBay was not liable to L’Oréal for the sale of counterfeit cosmetics on its auction website, an English court determined it required guidance from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the interpretation of applicable directives before deciding key issues in a proceeding between the two parties

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"

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