Golden Eye (International) Ltd and Others v Telefonica UK Ltd and Another: CA 21 Dec 2012

The claimant IP rights holder sought disclosure by the defendant broadband internet provider of the addresses of customers thought to have participated in file sharing, in breach of those rights.

Judges:

Lord Dyson MR, Sullivan, Patten LJJ

Citations:

[2012] EWCA Civ 1740, [2012] WLR(D) 396, [2013] EMLR 26, [2013] Bus LR 414, [2013] RPC 18, [2013] 2 CMLR 27

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appeal fromGolden Eye (International) Ltd and Another v Telefonica UK Ltd ChD 26-Mar-2012
Golden Eye and 13 other claimants sought a Norwich Pharmacal order against Telefonica UK Ltd trading as O2, one of the six largest retail internet service providers in the UK. The object of the claim was to obtain disclosure of the names and . .

Cited by:

CitedMircom International Content Management and Consulting Ltd and Others v Virgin Media Ltd and Another ChD 16-Jul-2019
The claimants, producers of pornographic films, sought disclosure by the defendant internet service provider of certain internet protocol addresses, wishing to pursue those it said had wrongfully downloaded their films. The court was asked first . .
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Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.467629