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Supreme Court ruling on jurisdiction over online transactions

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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July 14 2011

In a decision involving the e-trading platform eBay, the Commercial Chamber of the French Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) ruled that the mere ability to access a website in France is not enough for French courts to have competent jurisdiction over the website

Search engine not liable for linking to database

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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April 18 2011

On 1 February 2011, in a case involving the owner of a real estate advertising database and the operator of a search engine, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris ruled that the defendant's search engine, which selects advertisements from the claimant's real estate advertising database and ranks them on the basis of a set criteria, does not engage in extraction from a database under intellectual property law

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

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

Advertising does not affect the status of hosting provider

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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January 21 2011

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

Online betting website blocked in France

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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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
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France
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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

Advertisers on piracy websites are not accomplices to copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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April 12 2011

The French Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals and dismissed the claim of copyright holders that the advertisers on piracy websites should be considered accomplices to copyright infringement

Creator of French bittorrent website TorrentNews loses appeal

Baker & McKenzie
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France
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July 14 2011

The Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence has upheld the decision of the Court of First Instance and sentenced the creator of the website TorrentNews to a four-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 for copyright piracy

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

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