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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

TMT Legal Update: Orphan Works Directive

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • 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

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

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • July 6 2012

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

TMT Legal Update: European Court of Justice rejects web piracy filter

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 7 2011

The European Court of Justice has ruled that national court injunctions that require an internet service provider (“ISP”) to install a filtering system to prevent the illegal download of files are prohibited under EU law

TMT Legal Update: High Court seeks clarification of the meaning of “communication to the public” 1 December 2012

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 7 2011

A recent court judgment provides further guidance on copyright infringement in relation to the rebroadcasting of free-to-air television but refers the question of what constitutes “communication to the public” to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”

Football broadcasting ECJ decision

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 2 2011

In a case which may change how the Premier League chooses to structure broadcasting rights packages, on 4 October, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in favour of a pub landlady from Portsmouth, who was using a Greek decoder to screen Premier League football matches in her pub

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

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • 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

High Court rules in foreign decoder test cases following ECJ ruling on meaning of “communication to the public"

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 12 2012

The High Court has found that the unauthorised transmission by pubs of live Premier League matches using foreign decoder cards is an infringement of UK copyright law, but has held that there is a defence in relation to certain protected works where pubs do not charge an admission fee

Software copyright: SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 17 2012

Specialist software is vital to many industrial engineering and design processes

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

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

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