Infringement

 "Civil proceedings for infringement of copyright are barred after 5 years from the day the holder of a right knew or should have known of the facts necessary to exercise his right." In a judgement…

 “A young photographer, Ladislav Bielik, did what came naturally. He raised his camera and shot back.” Last week, people in Slovakia and Czech republic were commemorating the 45th anniversary of the…

 "The occasional use of an unusual expression – such as "she has a black belt in shopping, so uh ...” to describe the shopping behavior of Endstra's wife  - is not enough to make a copyrighted work…

 “Before finalising its decision however, it is seeking the CJEU's input on whether end users, who view web-pages on their computers without downloading or printing them, are committing infringements…

 How the Polish broadcasting law on must-carry and must-offer makes broadcasters choose whether to infringe copyright and licensing contracts or the Polish Broadcasting Act. This post is about a rare…

 "When it is established or not contradicted that a reasonable remuneration has been offered, additional circumstances will be necessary in order to conclude that publication is indeed illegitimate."…

 In a relatively recent judgement in a criminal case, the Supreme Court of Estonia ruled that that the terms  'trade scale' and  'commercial scale' are not synonymous. The concept 'commercial scale'…

 In a recent judgment, following the preliminary Infopaq-rulings of the European Court of Justice, the Danish Supreme Court ruled that extracts of newspaper articles comprising no more than 11 words…

"No need to wait for the ECJ, the Court replied." In Belgium, besides being a tort from a civil law perspective, a copyright infringement can also be a criminal offence, on the condition that it is…