Judgment CJEU, 3 September 2014, Deckmyn and Vrijheidsfonds (C-201/13). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel (Belgium).
Belgian copyright law provides that “once…
“The answers from Luxembourg were much awaited not only due to the questions being interesting as such, but also because academia, the European Commission and the CJEU do not see eye to eye on these…
“However, another aspect attracted my full attention.”
While preparing a post for this blog about the wonderful panel ‘Who owns the World Cup: The case for and against property rights in sports…
In 1993, the Belgian chapter of International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI) organised an international conference in Antwerp on the moral rights of the author. This year, more than…
Two Acts of 2007 and 2014 to fight against counterfeiting have modified the French Intellectual Property Code, in order to enable improved compensation for the rightholders as well as better…
“The underlying key question – can technology solve this problem and, if so, should technology be allowed to determine law? – remains unanswered.”
On 2-4 July 2014 Information Influx, the 25th…
“Every day citizens here in the Netherlands and across the EU break the law just to do something commonplace. And who can blame them when those laws are so ill-adapted.”
Speech Neelie Kroes,…
"A clear intention to solve some of the most disturbing problems in Spanish IP."
On February 14th, the Spanish Government approved a bill to amend the law of intellectual property (TRLPI). …
“The Court added a cherry on top of the transparency cake.”
It is no secret that secrecy in the TTIP negotiations has been bothering several sectors of civil society (apologies, but the links…
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