Quentin Tannock reports on the latest event in the Foundations of IT Law series (Module 7 – Cycle 2), held on 14 September 2016 and hosted by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP….
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Laurence Kaye considers the likely impact on the UK of the proposals from the EU Commission for a new Copyright Directive…
The General Court of the EU has confirmed the Commission’s decision to accept the commitments of Thomson Reuters intended to remedy its abuse of a dominant position in the market for consolidated real-time data feeds…
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The operator of a shop who offers a wi-fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network. However, the CJEU suggests that an operator may be required to password-protect its network in order to bring an end to, or prevent, such infringements….
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Laurence Eastham reviews Professor Robin Callender Smith’s book, published by Sweet & Maxwell in December 2015 (ISBN: 9780414050877, £175, 563 pp)…
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The questions referred by the Court of Appeal in ITV Broadcasting Ltd & Ors v TVCatchup Ltd & Ors are now the subject of an Opinion from and Advocate General…
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According to the CJEU, ‘financial gain’ is the key differentiator when seeking to determine whether hyperlinking to material that is hosted in breach of copyright makes the poster of the link liable. If there is financial gain, knowledge of the breach is to be presumed. Where there is knowledge, there is liability….
Downloaded e-books and the like can be excluded from the reduced rate of VAT that applies to publications, according to a new Opinion from Advocate General Kokott…
The proposed agreement for the exchange of passenger name record data between the EU and Canada has been described as incompatible with EU fundamental rights by Advocate General Mengozzi as it is currently drafted…
According to the CJEU, the sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software does not constitute an unfair commercial practice. Moreover, failure to indicate the price of each item of pre-installed software does not constitute a misleading commercial practice….