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ECJ hands down preliminary ePhone ruling

  • Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • June 13 2012

Further to a reference from the Swedish Supreme Court, the European Court of Justice has handed down its preliminary ruling in the ePhone case, clarifying that companies may be ordered to disclose information about the user of an internet protocol address for the purpose of identifying suspected infringers of IP rights in civil proceedings

Anti-piracy case referred to the ECJ

  • Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå AB
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • October 27 2010

The Supreme Court has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling in a case concerning an order to provide information pursuant to the Swedish Copyright Act

Commission proposes appropriate measures in relation to Swedish existing aid for newspapers

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • June 23 2009

The European Commission announced that it has proposed to Sweden appropriate measures to make an existing aid scheme relating to Swedish newspapers compatible with the State aid rules

European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) decision in Kanal 5 Ltd, TV 4 AB v Föreningen Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå Case C-5207

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • February 4 2009

Swedish television broadcasting companies, Kanal 5 and TV4, sought an injunction from the Swedish Market Court, on the grounds that STIM (the Swedish Copyright Management Organization) was abusing its dominant position when applying a remuneration model based on a percentage of the broadcaster's advertising revenues

European court ruling on copyright royalties

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • January 23 2009

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has issued an important judgment in December 2008 on excessive and discriminatory pricing issues in respect of copyright royalties by a copyright collection society STIM, on a reference from the Swedish courts under Article 234 EC on a claim by the commercial broadcasters Kanal 5 Limited and TV4 AB

Sweden abolishes exclusive right in digital broadcasting services

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • June 13 2008

The European Commission has withdrawn from the European Court of Justice its case against Sweden for breach of the Electronic Communications Directive following Sweden's recent amendment of its media law

Swedish Market Court makes ECJ reference about collecting society tariffs for music in television broadcasts

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Sweden
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  • March 26 2007

The Swedish Market Court, the court of final instance in cases brought under the Competition Act, has for the first time decided to make a reference to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling