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Search engine exempt from liability

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • 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

Douai Court of Appeal condemns company for abusive indexing

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 19 2012

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

Fine imposed for disparaging former employer online

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • 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

HADOPI decrees published

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 19 2010

The Decree relating to the procedure applicable before the High Authority of Diffusion of the Artworks and Protection of Rights on Internet (HADOPI) Commission has been published in the Official Journal

Decree specifies the characteristics of the “carte musique jeune”

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 6 2011

The Government has published in the Official Gazette the decree establishing the "carte musique jeune", the sale of which began on 28 October 2010 (Decree

The constitutional council rules on the allocation of domain names

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 12 2011

Pursuant to article 61-1 of the Constitution, the French State Council referred to the Constitutional Council the question of the constitutionality (introduced by the French Act of July 23, 2008) of article L. 45 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code (FPECC

Online gambling: first decision applying the 12 May 2010 act

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • 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

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

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