ECJ Directive 93/83/EEC – Directive 2006/116/EC, Directive 2001/29/EC – Directive 2005/115/EC – Copyright of the principal director of a film – Allocation of exclusive exploitation rights to the producer Film – Conditions – Article 14bis of the Berne Convention – Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Equitable remuneration … Continue reading Luksan v Van Der Let (Intellectual Property) French Text: ECJ 6 Sep 2011

The court considered the impact of the distinction drawn by Article 9(2) of TRIPS and Article 2 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty between ‘expressions’ and ‘ideas, procedures, methods of operation and mathematical concepts as such’ on domestic copyright law. Held: Arnold J said: ‘Skill, judgement and labour in devising ideas, procedures, methods of operation and … Continue reading SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd: ChD 23 Jul 2010

ECJ Non-discrimination – Copyright and Neighbouring Rights – Rights of nationals of non-EU countries Rules of TRIPS Citations: C-240/07, [2008] EUECJ C-240/07 – O Links: Bailii Cited by: See Also – Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH -c- Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH (Intellectual Property) French Text ECJ 20-Jan-2009 Europa Rights related to copyright – Rights … Continue reading Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH: ECJ 22 May 2008

ECJ Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directives 93/83/EEC, 2001/29/EC, 2006/115/EC and 2006/116/EC – Sharing of the rights to exploit a cinematographic work, by contract, between the principal director and the producer of the work – National legislation allotting those rights, exclusively and … Continue reading Luksan v Van Der Let: ECJ 9 Feb 2012

ECJ Regulation No 44/2001 – Article 6(1) – Jurisdiction for related actions – Directives 93/98/EEC and 2006/116/EC – Article 6 – Eligibility for protection of photos – Directive 2001/29 – Article 2 – Reproduction . .