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July 23, 2015
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a judgment on June 16, 2015 regarding the liability of the owner of an Internet news portal that enables webusers to comment on the published articles.
This recent decision offers an opportunity t...
July 16, 2015
The « freedom of panorama » is an exception to copyright which allows anyone to publish pictures or videos of buildings or works of art that are in the public space without having to ask for the author’s authorization.
An amended version of the REDA report on the copyr...
June 23, 2015
Tomorrow, on June 24, 2015, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU will be starting the negotiations aiming the adoption of a new EU regulation on data protection by the end of 2015.
These negotiations referred to as "Trilogue" are...
February 11, 2014
A Euro 150 000 fine was imposed by the French National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) on Google Inc., whose corporate headquarters are located at Mountain View, California in the United States of America.
On January 24th, 2012 Google announced its inten...
January 30, 2014
In 2010, German company, Steiff, manufacturer of plush toys, asked the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHMI) for the registration of the following two “positional” marks:
- attachment of a round metal button, shiny or mat, fixed to the middle of the ea...
October 24, 2012
The indexing war fought between companies for the purchase of keywords through Google’s Adwords program has well been declared…
Numerous companies use competing trademarks to position themselves on the famous search engine. How can protection be sought? Is it possible...
June 23, 2010
Almost a year after giving up on the database “EDVIGE,” the Government has just published two decrees that were adopted with a favorable opinion from the French National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL). We are now entering the phase EDVIGE II.
What is EDVI...
April 26, 2010
The company CHANEL (hereafter CHANEL) sued for infringement and unfair competition four companies: LAND, CAUD, BERY et MARM. These companies had bought from company FUTURA FINANCES cosmetics products and perfumes trademarked Chanel; the trademark is owned by CHANEL. Th...
Proposal for banning tobacco advertising on points of sale and in sports broadcasts - Cancer plan II
November 27, 2009
The president of France, Nicolas SARKOZY, proposed on November 2, 2009, as part of the second cancer plan 2009-2013, to “ban advertisements on the points of sale and during motor sports broadcasts.”
Evin law, enacted on the 10th of January 1991, in force since January...
October 26, 2009
Decree nº2009-1205 enacted on the 9th of October 2009 establishes the seat and the jurisdiction in matters relating to intellectual property.
"art. D. 211-6. The "Tribunal de Grande Instance" (TGI- Court of 1st Instance) of Paris has exclusive jurisdiction on actions r...
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