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Search engine exempt from liability

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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April 4 2011

On 26 January 2011, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that "Google Images" is an information society service and thus benefits from the exemption from liability provided for under the LCEN for internet intermediaries

Deep linking may not constitute copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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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

Douai Court of Appeal condemns company for abusive indexing

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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January 19 2012

A company, Saveur Bière, created numerous websites whose sole purpose was to link to the main website of the company

Website hosting provider considered an editor

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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March 29 2010

The French Supreme Court (the Cour de Cassation) has confirmed the position of the Court of Appeal, which ruled that by placing advertising spaces on personal web pages, Tiscali, a French website hosting provider, qualifies as an editor of content and is, therefore, fully responsible for such content

Online copyright infringement: when Google images finally meets French law

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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March 9 2011

While Google’s exemption from liability for trademark infringement through its AdWords service has now been well established by the Supreme Court, the situation with regard to copyright infringement remains more uncertain. The latest service to be considered is the Google Images search, in regard to which the Paris Court of Appeal recently issued a long-awaited ruling

Fine imposed for disparaging former employer online

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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March 16 2012

Believing his dismissal was unjustified, a former employee of an insurance company created a new social networking profile and used a pseudonym to disparage his former employer

Paris High Court applies French law in book scanning case

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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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

Google Books infringes French copyrights, but not trademarks

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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February 3 2010

The Paris High Court has found Google Inc liable for copyright infringement just as it is about to launch its new service, Google Editions, allowing consumers to purchase books that they have previewed on Google Books

Social networking site ordered to remove illegal content and provide identification data about the author

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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June 15 2010

On 13 April 2010, Facebook was ordered by the Paris Court of First Instance to (i) promptly remove a picture of a bishop who was the target of a Facebook group and (ii) provide identification data identifying the author of the allegedly defamatory content

Online betting: court cancels trademarks of past monopoly beneficiary

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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December 15 2010

In recent years, the fierce competition among the various actors in the online betting industry has seen many trademark disputes come before the French courts

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