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Online gambling: first decision applying the 12 May 2010 act

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • October 25 2010

The Paris TGI has ruled that several French internet service providers (ISPs) have to block the access to Stanjames.com (a Maltese company) within the next two months

Advertising does not affect the status of hosting provider

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 21 2011

The Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed, once again, Dailymotion's status as a hosting provider

Advocate General provides opinion in the Google France Adwords cases

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • November 19 2009

The Advocate General has released his opinion in the Google Adwords cases being brought in the French courts

Seizure of documents, including e-mails to attorney, held valid

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 18 2011

The French Supreme Court has ruled that seizure of e-mails is not void even though some of the e-mails seized had been sent by an attorney and were covered by professional confidentiality

Appeal court upholds eBay's liability, but reduces damages

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • September 22 2010

In an ongoing dispute between eBay and French luxury brand owners the LVMH group, on 30th June 2008 LVMH and several LVMH group companies obtained a strong victory through three decisions of the Paris Commercial Court

Search engine held liable by Paris Court of Appeal for copyright infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 4 2011

In four decisions dated 14 January 2011, the Paris Court of Appeal held Google Inc. and Google France liable for copyright infringement and ordered them to pay an aggregate sum of 510,000

French Supreme Court upholds right of company to access an employee's emails

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • March 9 2011

Confirming a line of French decisions, the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) has rendered a decision on whether an employer may access its employee's emails in the workplace

Online betting website blocked in France

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 4 2011

The French Online Gaming Regulatory Authority (ARJEL) has initiated a legal action before the High Court of Paris requesting internet service providers (ISPs) to block the online betting website "5Dimes", which is hosted in Costa Rica

Streaming music website ordered to pay 1 million in damages

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • June 15 2011

The Court of Appeal of Paris has confirmed a court decision sentencing the creators of "radioblobclub.fr", a website for streaming music, to pay 1 million in damages to two collecting societies as a result of their "unlawful exploitation of musical works" without first securing from the rights holders the rights to stream

Changing position of the Paris High Court on suggested search queries

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 7 2010

In a decision given in summary proceedings in July 2010, the Paris High Court (TGI Paris) ruled that Google was not liable when its Google Suggest service associated the word "fraud" with a company's name