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Trademark infringement on the web: a bailiff affidavit has no probative value if the investigation was not technically sound

Bird & Bird
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France
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February 21 2007

A decision of the Paris Court of Appeal on 17 November 2006 regarding the conduct of a bailiff’s investigation could be relevant to future trademark infringement litigation

The liability of hosting service providers: what’s new under French law?

Bird & Bird
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France
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April 28 2008

A large number of significant judicial decisions have been made by French judges in the past few months relating to Web 2.0

French judge dismisses the claims of French families association against SecondLife

Bird & Bird
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France
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October 23 2007

On 2 July 2007, a summary judge of the Paris first instance tribunal rejected the claim of two families associations against Linden Research, the operators of the online virtual world, SecondLife, and various web access providers

The Dailymotion case: a tough decision for internet hosting providers?

Bird & Bird
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France
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October 24 2007

Dailymotion is a free-of-charge website allowing internet users to host, store, upload and comment upon their personal videos

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

The Conseil de la Concurrence dismisses AFORST complaint against France Télévisions and France Télécom

Bird & Bird
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France
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September 29 2008

On 8 October 2007, the French Association for network operators and telecommunication services (AFORST) complained before the Competition Council about a partnership agreement between France Télévisions and France Télécom and exclusivity rights granted to France Télécom by France Télévisions to distribute some programs in “catch up TV” mode (which allows the viewing of pre-recorded TV programs during a short period of time after their broadcasting

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

The last twists and turns of the Google saga

Bird & Bird
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France
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April 27 2007

In the last six months there have been new developments in the “Google saga” regarding the liability of Google for its AdWords 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

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

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