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TMT legal update: the future of private copying and reprography levies: European Commission publishes recommendations

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 7 2013

The European Commission has published a series of recommendations regarding private copying and reprography laws in the European Union. What? In 2011

TMT legal update: European Council Directive 201177EU: IPO consults on copyright relating to sound recordings

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • February 8 2013

The UK Intellectual Property Office ("IPO") is consulting on the draft regulations that will implement Directive 201177EU (the "Directive") in the

TMT Legal Update: Orphan Works Directive

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 12 2012

The European Council adopted the Orphan Works Directive on 4 October 2012, which provides a legal framework for the access and publication of orphan works

European Commission adopts proposal for directive on collective rights management and cross-border online music licensing

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 8 2012

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a directive that will address the current perceived deficiencies relating to the collective management of copyright and related rights, as well as the multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market

Advocate General’s opinion on database right infringement via internet in light of Dataco v Sportradar

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • July 6 2012

The Advocate General’s opinion in Football Dataco Ltd and others v Sportradar GmbH and Sportradar AG (Case C-17311) indicates that the owners of database rights may be able to bring proceedings for infringement directly against data providers based in other member states

Resale of “second-hand” software downloads is legal, says German Court

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • July 6 2012

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that a copyright holder’s right to oppose the resale of computer software is lost where it makes a copy of computer software available to a customer for an unlimited period in exchange for a licence fee

EU Commission consults on notice and action procedure for illegal online content

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 6 2012

The EU Commission releases public consultation on notice and action procedure for illegal online content

Transport Sector Update: General - Software copyright: SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 14 2012

In the recent judgment by European Court of Justice in the SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd. case the court determined the level of copyright protection in the functionality, as opposed to the code, of computer programs

SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 22 2012

The European Court of Justice has recently given a judgment in the SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd case determining the level of copyright protection in the functionality, as opposed to the code, of computer programs

Software copyright: SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 17 2012

Specialist software is vital to many industrial engineering and design processes