A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
The Estonian Authors’ Society (EAÜ) is a collecting society that administers authors' economic rights in Estonia. The EAÜ sued a music…
The Latvian Supreme Court has recently ruled on the determination of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages for copyright infringement in a case where the copyright works had been used for informatory…
In Phonographic Performance Ltd v Hagan & Ors (t/a Lower Ground Bar and the Brent Tavern) [2016] EWHC 3076 (IPEC) HHJ Hacon considered the interplay of s.97(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents…
The court of appeals confirmed that there had been infringement of copyright in the claimant's photographs, and in doing so, clarified the requirements for the protection of photos as copyright works…
An interesting case about the legality of a regulation issued by the Estonian Government on the “blank tape levy”
The Estonian Authors’ Society, Estonian Performers’ Union and Estonian Association of…
The court of appeals held that as there was no evidence that the Defendants had gained any profit from a public display of sculptures, they were not liable to pay royalties in respect of the…
By Jeremy Blum and Luke Maunder, Bristows
A recent decision in the UK Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court (IPEC) provides some helpful guidance on the application of the ‘user principle’ and,…
In determining the amount of remuneration that an author might obtain for the copyright in his photographs, it was necessary to determine the remuneration that he would have received if the person…
