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IT and Outsourcing e-bulletin - 31 May 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2013

The UK Supreme Court has provisionally concluded that temporary copies of copyrighted materials created through web-browsing do not infringe

Good news for database owners: infringement takes place at least where the data is intended to be accessed

  • Olswang LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 31 2012

In its October decision in Football Dataco v Sportradar (C-17311) the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") held that database infringement occurs at least in the place where an internet user accesses the data, where there is evidence of an intention to target the public within that jurisdiction, notwithstanding the fact that the data may be sent from a server located outside that Member State

EU allows resale of downloaded software

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
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  • European Union
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  • October 30 2012

In a judgment that has significant implications for the software and digital media industries in Europe, the European Court has ruled that, in principle, the owner of copyright in software cannot stop someone who has purchased and downloaded that software online from reselling it

The final score on database rights

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • October 23 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given a ruling on questions of database right infringement referred to it by the Court of Appeal

Second-hand software ok in the EU

  • Scott & Scott LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • October 22 2012

A flurry of attention surrounded the recent legal saga of Timothy Vernor and his protracted fight against Autodesk to re-sell software via eBay

IT & outsourcing e-bulletin - a round-up of developments

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

Ofcom has published a revised version of the Initial Obligations Code for ISPs and copyright owners in an effort to tackle online copyright infringement as per the provisions of the controversial Digital Economy Act

CMS quarterly communications update - July 2012

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Austria, Bulgaria, European Union, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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  • July 20 2012

Quarterly update summarising regulatory and legal developments from the last three months in the communications, media and satellite sectors in Europe

Customers can resell copies of downloaded software; developers can try to stop them

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 4 2012

Yesterday, 3 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in UsedSoft v. Oracle that online purchasers of software may resell copies of their downloads provided that they render the original download usable

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

A round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • 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

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