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AFNIC releases killers

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • June 30 2011

As regular readers of Anchovy News will know, there has recently been a fundamental shake up of French law relating to domain names

Measures to limit online copyright infringement

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • November 19 2012

The creative industries argue that piracy costs the industry £400m a year in lost revenue

Opinion of the French Competition Authority on the competitive functioning of e-commerce

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 31 2012

On 18 September 2012, the French Competition Authority published its Opinion No. 12-A-20 on the competitive functioning of the e-commerce sector

French telecom regulator tries to force Skype to register as operator

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 12 2013

The French telecommunications regulatory authority, ARCEP, today announced that it had complained to the French prosecutor about Skype's persistent

The French Supreme Court confirms the use of a competitor’s trademark as keyword

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 11 2013

This particular case involved two competitors, Cobrason and Solutions, which both sell video and hi-fi products online. Cobrason noticed that when an

The ARCEP informs the Public Prosecutor of a potential criminal offence committed by SKYPE

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 31 2013

The ARCEP published a press release on 12 March 2013 by which it declared having informed the Public Prosecutor of a potential breach committed by

Unsuccessful harvest for the Champagne domain

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France, Global
  • -
  • August 19 2011

The Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC, the representative body of French Champagne producers), a body established by statute under the laws of France, recently lost a Complaint filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO

Appeal court finds AFNIC not liable for failing to 'freeze' a domain name

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 19 2011

In October 2009 the French Association for Internet Names and Cooperation (AFNIC), the registry for the '.fr' country-code top-level domain, was ordered to pay compensation of 4,500 to the owner of the FRANCE LOTS trademark for failing to 'freeze' a domain name upon its request

French online copyright infringement law faces challenges but may create business opportunities

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 21 2009

The French online copyright infringement (so-called HADOPI) law was passed on May 13, 2009 by the two assemblies of the French parliament after long and tumultuous debates

Copyright Developments in Europe - Sabam, TalkTalk cases shed light on internet filtering

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Belgium, France, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

What should be the role of internet intermediaries in fighting illegal content?