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Advocate General's opinion in the three French Google keyword references

Bird & Bird
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European Union, France
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September 23 2009

The Advocate General delivered his widely anticipated opinion today in three references to the European Court of Justice involving whether the AdWords system operated by Google amounted to trade mark infringement

MySpace considered as a publisher by a French tribunal and found liable for copyright infringement by its members

Bird & Bird
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France
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October 23 2007

On 22 June 2007, a French humorist successfully sued MySpace before the Paris first instance tribunal for infringement of his author’s rights and personality rights, as his name, image and some of his sketches were published on a MySpace webpage without his authorisation

Paris Court of Appeal holds that Dailymotion is a host and did not have knowledge of infringing material

Bird & Bird
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France
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October 27 2009

The Paris Court of Appeal has held, overruling a previous First Instance Court decision, that the Dailymotion video sharing website was not liable for copyright infringement since it had not received adequate notification that content posted to its website by users was unlawful

French Supreme Court rules against Tiscali in Lucky Comics hosting liability case

Bird & Bird
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France
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May 10 2010

In the first hosting liability case to reach the French Supreme Court, Tiscali has been held not to qualify as a host of personal web pages stored for its users

Illegal internet file downloads under HADOPI 1 and 2

Bird & Bird
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France
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May 10 2010

In 2007 the French government requested a commission led by Denis Olivennes to broker an agreement between organisations representing the music and film industry and internet service providers on proposals to combat unlawful file-sharing

Two judgments of the Paris Civil Court of First Instance establish that Dailymotion is a hosting service provider

Bird & Bird
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France
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August 31 2008

In the last edition of the newsletter we considered the recent developments in the law relating to providers of hosting services

Paris court applies US fair use law to Google Image search

Bird & Bird
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France
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August 31 2008

In this case, the French Civil Court held that US law will apply in a copyright infringement case, even though the party suing was a French organisation

French Supreme Court refers Google AdWords questions to European Court of Justice

Bird & Bird
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European Union, France
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August 31 2008

The French Cour de Cassation has recently referred to the European Court of Justice several questions concerning the use of Google AdWords

Paris Court of Appeal holds Dailymotion to be a hosting provider

Bird & Bird
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France
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November 2 2010

The Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed that Dailymotion is a hosting provider despite the fact that its commercial activities are supported by advertising revenues

The French “three strikes” system is raised from the dead

Bird & Bird
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France
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December 14 2009

On 22 September, the French Parliament passed a bill providing a new version of the "three strikes" system against persistent illegal filesharers