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General Court partially annuls the Commission decision finding anti-competitive conduct on the part of copyright collecting societies

  • Stibbe
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 2 2013

On 12 April 2013, the General Court partially affirmed and partially annulled the Commission's decision finding that the International Confederation

Not just because you say so; EU General Court guidance on proving parallel behaviour is not independent

  • McGuireWoods LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 1 2013

An EU General Court (GC) judgment has considered the difficult issue of independent parallel behaviour by competitors under EU competition law, and

EU General Court reverses European Commission in CISAC music rights case

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • April 18 2013

The EU General Court has overturned part of the European Commission's ("Commission") infringement decision against 24 European copyright collecting

ECAD held liable for forming a cartel

  • Barretto Ferreira e Brancher Sociedade de Advogados
  • -
  • Brazil
  • -
  • April 8 2013

The Economic Defense Administrative Council (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica), or CADE, held the Central Office for Collection and

Alleged software piracy by overseas fashion firms gives rise to unfair competition claims in California

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2013

The California Attorney General recently filed two lawsuits in state court against Chinese and Indian apparel manufacturers, accusing the companies

Protecting of works of applied art under Chinese judicial practice (II)

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • China
  • -
  • November 19 2012

In this case, the Plaintiff not only brought a claim for protection of copyright, but also sought protection under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law

When is a software licence transferable even if it says it’s non-transferable?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • August 16 2012

Software companies cannot prevent the sale of “second-hand” software licences, where those licences are for a one-off fee and an unlimited period

Washington v. National Football League

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 5 2012

District court grants NFL’s motion to dismiss class action filed by former football players alleging that, by not allowing the players the rights to game films and images from the games in which they played, the NFL is monopolizing the market for former players’ likenesses, in violation of antitrust laws

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Court finds Texas company stole trade secrets after hiring employee from competitor

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2012

In late May, after a three-week trial, a Houston federal court jury ruled M3 Technology, Inc. had misappropriated trade secrets from innovative engineering software provider AspenTechnology, Inc., infringed copyrights, and illicitly interfered with AspenTech’s non-compete agreement with a former employee, an expert on refinery efficiency and head of AspenTech’s R&D Division