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Spanish copyright levy system in breach of European Copyright Directive?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • July 22 2010

On 11 May 2010, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Verica Trstenjak, gave her opinion on the system of copyright levies in Spain

Round up of key developments

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 19 2011

On 4 March, the European Commission announced it would close its antitrust investigation into possible restrictive business agreements by Hollywood film studios

An injunction too far: the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) rules out injunctions against ISPs that allow general filtering to prevent illegal downloading

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 25 2011

In what is both a highly anticipated and expected ruling issued on 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") has held that under EU law, a national court cannot impose an injunction requiring an ISP to install a wide ranging filtering system in order to tackle illegal downloading since such an injunction is incompatible with EU law and the associated limitations on intermediary liability

MurphyPremier League changes European media rights landscape

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 28 2011

This case, about the ability of British pubs to screen live Premier League football broadcast from other EU countries, questions the way content has been distributed in Europe

To use or not to use? Federal Court of Justice asks CJEU to evaluate the compatibility of a re-sale of used software licenses with copyright law

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • April 14 2011

The question of whether or not the trade in used software licenses which are passed on to the buyer by way of online download is compatible with copyright law has long been controversially discussed by German courts and legal commentators

Copyright Developments in Europe - UK Hargreaves Review of IP

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 19 2011

On 18 May 2011 Professor Hargreaves published his Review on Intellectual Property and Growth

It's the presentation, not the content, that counts!

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 26 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that football fixture lists do not attract database copyright under Article 3 of the Database Directive contrary to a decision of the High Court of England and Wales

European Court of Justice paves the way for sale of used software

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 25 2012

The European Court of Justice allows the sale of used software also in cases where the initial purchase was made by way of Internet download, and thereby extends the application of the exhaustion doctrine to the act of copying the actual software

European directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 31 2012

The Directive 201228UE of 25 October 2012 on certain permitted uses of orphan works creates a system of mutual recognition of orphan works within the EU and provides for an authorization of use of these works by some public institutions in order to achieve aims related to their public interest missions, such as libraries, educational establishments and museums

Proposed collecting society reforms

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 31 2012

The European Commission has issued a proposed Directive on the “collective management of copyright and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use”

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