DSM Watch – New EU Copyright Directive: Parliament votes to retain...
After weeks and weeks of debate and the failure to reach a parliamentary consensus in July, the European Parliament today paved the way towards the long-awaited start of the trilogue negotiations...
View ArticleGerman Federal Court of Justice submits copyright dispute over YouTube to CJEU
This week, copyright is all over the place. After the European Parliament voted on proposed copyright reform in Europe last Wednesday (12 September 2018), the long-awaited decision of the German...
View ArticleGerman Court rules on Porsche design
The silhouette and outer appearance of the first Porsche is world famous. Up until today, we see the charismatic shaping mirrored in the current model series. It has been a remarkable and uncomparable...
View ArticleProvider liability: First YouTube, now “uploaded”– next case before the CJEU
Only two weeks ago, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) referred various questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerning the liability of the video platform YouTube. There, the...
View ArticleDSM Watch: EU copyright “Value Gap”– A video guide
The European Copyright Directive seeks to strike the right balance between the remuneration received by authors and performers, and the profits made by internet platforms when they make their works...
View ArticleEU Copyright – Infringing the distribution right: AG includes warehousing of...
A Swedish preliminary ruling procedure is currently pending before the European Court of Justice (CJEU) and represents the latest in a run of rulings on the scope of the distribution right under...
View ArticleEU Commission provides guidance on new Geo-Blocking Regulation
In the European Commission’s plan to create a unified Digital Single Market, the measures to promote e-Commerce are well ranked. A reason for that is the increasing impact that the digital world, and...
View ArticleAdvocate General rejects copyright infringement in German Afghanistan Papers...
Can the Federal Republic of Germany invoke a copyright on military status reports? This is the key question currently before the European Court of Justice (CJEU) (Case Ref. C-469/17). But before the...
View ArticleCJEU pokes holes in copyright protection for the taste of cheese
This week, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled that the taste of cheese does not enjoy any copyright protection (C-310/17). Although this preliminary ruling procedure from the Netherlands may...
View ArticleDSM Copyright Directive: a new leak reveals there is still a long way to go
The provisions of the Copyright Directive (COM(2016)593) are currently being discussed between the Council, the Parliament and the Commission in order to reach a compromise wording. Though these talks...
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