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April 2013 Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 25 2013

In this edition, we continue our coverage of significant IP developments in Europe, Asia, and the United States

ECJ rules against collecting society in file sharer identification dispute

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • March 18 2008

In a decision of 29 January 2008 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Member States are not obliged to create a legal duty on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to disclose the personal details of file sharers to copyright owners whose rights have been infringed

The copyright levy on digital devices: private vs professionaloffice use

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • April 2 2009

On 15 September 2008 the Barcelona Commercial Court of Appeals stayed an action between the major collecting society in Spain (known as SGAE) and Padawan, S.L. to refer a judicial question to the ECJ

EU court delivers judgment in Glaxo “Spanish” case on parallel imports

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • November 23 2009

On October 6, 2009, the European Court of Justice handed down a judgment in the Spanish GSK case (See case No. C-50106

Data privacy does not trump copyright protection says European Court of Justice

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • February 25 2008

This European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision was in the context of unlawful music file sharing via the internet

Privacy v copyrightthe dispute continues

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • February 28 2008

The case of Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) v Telefónica de España SAU was a reference for a preliminary ruling by the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 5 de Madrid (Commercial Court No.5

Likelihood of confusion

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • September 25 2009

The decision of June 3, 2009 (C-39408 P) concerned the likelihood of confusion between the word sign ZIPCAR for which registration was sought for goods and services in, inter alia, class 39, in particular for travel and transportation services, transportation reservation services, and vehicle rental, and the trademark CICAR, registered in Spain for vehicle rental reservation services

First decision of the European Court of Justice concerning the interpretation of the Community Design Regulation

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • September 25 2009

On July 2, 2009 (Case C-3208) the European Court of Justice had the opportunity for the first time to take a position on the interpretation of the Community Design Regulation (CDR) in a matter referred to it by a Spanish Court

Advocate general clarifies ownership of design rights in commissioned works

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • September 25 2009

In Fundación Española para la Innovación de la Artesania v Cul de Sac Espacio Creativo SL (Case C-3208, 26 March 2009), Advocate General Mengozzi gave his opinion on the request for a preliminary ruling from the Spanish Commercial Court regarding the ownership of unregistered design rights

No disclosure of personal data in civil proceedings

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • February 1 2008

Promusicae, a Spanish collecting society holding exploitation rights to musical and audiovisual recordings, was seeking an order before a Spanish court to require Telefónica to disclose the identities and addresses of certain of its customers