In accordance with the Community Trade Mark Regulation the shape of a chocolate rabbit or reindeer with a red ribbon cannot be registered as a Community trade mark, the General Court…
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By Leo GasteenIn a peculiar case characterized by non contractual liability, the European Commission has been ordered to pay a total of EUR 12 million to Systran, a language translation…
As a response to the growth of unauthorised file sharing of copyrighted works, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee agreed on Tuesday to urge the European Commission to introduce EU-wide…
By Leo GasteenIn an opinion given on 11 May 2010 Advocate General Trstenjak has ruled that a levy on private copies may be imposed on digital equipment, devices and media…
The negotiation parties of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) today published the documents of the 8th round of negotiations held in Wellington on 12-16 April.The aim of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade…
By Leo GasteenThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled against Spain in a legal dispute over claims to the IP royalties of Savaldor Dalí’s artwork. In its ruling the…
Publishers and experts participating in the first day of the European seminar “The digitisation of cultural materials” called for new legal and technological measures to protect authors’ rights and to…
A Member State failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 30 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 28 EC) when it detained presumably counterfeit goods under customs control…
This reference for a preliminary ruling was made by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Supreme Court of the Netherlands) (Netherlands) in proceedings between the applicants, Makro Zelfbedieningsgroothandel CV (Makro), Metro…
