GS Media: IPKat/Bristows rapid response seminar

Further to last w eek's    GS Media  decision   [ here ,  here ,  here ] , the IPKat and Bristows partnered together for a rapid respon...

Linking after GS Media ... in a table

Readers may remember that a few months ago I published a table that I had prepared for my students at the University of Southampton, attemp...

Hyperlinks and communication to the public: early thoughts on the GS Media decision

As r eported in this morning's (super-)breaking news post, the Court of Justice of the  European Uni on (CJEU) has finally issued its d...

Linking & Copyright rapid response event on 13 September: come join us!

Where it all started ... Is linking to unlicensed content a potential infringement of copyright?  Following the (controversial) decisions in...

CJEU: "Flat-rate" reimbursement for legal fees must cover a significant part of the costs incurred by the successful party

On 28 July 2016, the CJEU issued its decision in the preliminary referral Case C-57/15 United Video Properties . At issue was whether a prov...

Mr Justice Arnold rejects bid to hear infringement of German designation in Rhodia v Molycorp patent jurisdiction tussle

The AmeriKat on  a sleepless summer night musing on the future of patent litigation The late night witching hours have begun again for the A...

AG Wathelet advises CJEU to hold French law on out-of-print books incompatible with EU law

AG Melchior Wathelet Amidst all the   madness  hectic legislative activity surrounding orphan works and out-of-print books that took place i...