Questioning the trade mark judges

This evening, it was the annual IBIL and MARQUES event - Question the Trade Mark Judges   this time in UCL's snazzy new lecture theatre....

CJEU weighs on liability of owner of internet connection used to infringe copyright

The face of someone keen to share their Wi-Fi password ... What can be the nature of the penalties and measures to be taken in copyright inf...

AIPPI Congress Report 4: A balancing act - copyright versus other rights

The AIPPI Congress started in earnest on Monday morning.  Although many were already lamenting the cruelty of those who decided to hold an I...

Time for a break - catching up with KitKat

The KitKat trade mark (as reported in the CJEU decision - the photocopier has not been kind) By now, the fate of the four fingered KitKat sh...

BREAKING: FCJ refers case regarding YouTube’s liability for damages to the CJEU

A lawsuit between music producer Frank Peterson and YouTube (and Google) that has been ongoing since 2009 did not come to an end today. The ...

Has the CJEU quietly changed the conditions for safe harbour availability?

Kat on the beach Right before the summer break, on 7 August last, when most people had already turned their out-of-office auto-reply on or w...

CJEU rules that unauthorized re-posting of protected content may be an infringement

The Cordoba photo at issue in Renckhoff Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its last copyright judgment [but also...