By Jeremy Blum and Sarah Watson, Bristows
Ultrasoft Technologies Limited v Hubcreate Limited [2016] EWHC 544 (IPEC)
On 16th February 2016 the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Hacon HHJ)…
The Supreme Administrative Court held that pursuant to § 2, para. 9 of the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (LCRR), permanent objects that represent the synthesis between architecture and other…
The Supreme Court held that “uses in any other manner” as provided in Article 172a, para. 1 of the Criminal Code covers any possible use of a copyright protected work. It is not necessary to refer to…
By Martin Husovec, Tilburg University and Matej Gera, CIPPM, Bournemouth University
This a continuation of our recent blogpost: “Slovakia adopts a new Copyright Act: It’s a Mixed Bag – Part I”. In…
The federal district court in Manhattan properly awarded over $250,000 in attorney fees and costs to hip-hop star Jay Z (aka Shawn Carter) and his companies, Roc Nation and Roc-A-Fella Records, for…
To ensure you don't miss out on interesting IP law developments reported by our Trademark Law and Patent Law bloggers, we will, on a regular basis, provide you with an overview of the top 3 most-read…
On 2 February 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its first post-Delfi judgment on the liability of online service providers for the unlawful speech of others. Somewhat…
A 2001 letter from an attorney representing the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerome Siegel effectively transferred all copyrights in the Superman character to DC Comics, the U.S. Court of Appeals in…
By Martin Husovec, Tilburg University and Matej Gera, CIPPM, Bournemouth University
Some will associate the year of 2016 with the year of the Fire Monkey or the monkey selfie. Not Slovak copyright…
Case C‑572/13, HP v. Reprobel, 12 November 2015
By Philippe Laurent and Céline Wulleman, Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners
As we know, Member States may adopt exceptions to the reproduction…
