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TMT past, present and future: UKEU review of 2012 and preview of 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

No duty to monitor" extended to social networks: In February 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") ruled that the owner of an

Communications and media e-bulletin: a round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, India, United Kingdom
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  • October 31 2012

India is estimated to have about 106 million households with cable and satellite televisions

Communications and media e-bulletin - a round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • July 6 2012

In the face of decreasing voice revenues and increasing data demands and the need to roll-out 4G networks, mobile operators in Europe are looking at new ways of sharing networks and infrastructure

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

A round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • May 24 2012

In the case of SAS Institute v World Programming Limited, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") has considered the limited extent to which certain elements of a computer program enjoy copyright protection

No Big Brother required: ECJ extends "no duty to monitor" protection to social networks

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • March 30 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union has published its judgment in the case of SABAM v Netlog, in which it has ruled that the owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system in order to prevent the unlawful use of protected works

A round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • September 12 2011

The High Court has upheld an application by a consortium of movie studios forcing BT, as an Internet Service Provider, to block its customers from accessing an unlawful file sharing site on the basis that BT had actual knowledge of its customers using the service to infringe copyright

A round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2011

This e-bulletin summarises recent developments

A mixed bouquet for Marks & Spencer in Europe as the Advocate General gives his opinion on keyword advertising in Interflora

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 24 2011

In Interflora v Marks & Spencer, the Advocate General today agreed that advertisers should be able to "bid" on competitors' famous trade marks in search engine keyword advertising in order to present themselves as a commercial alternative, without being found unlawfully to have taken unfair advantage of the reputation of those competitors