Friday, 30 September 2016

Une astreinte, c’est quoi? The Ninth Circuit has an answer

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On September 26, 2016, the Ninth Circuit held that courts have the right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 44.1 on determining Forei...
Tuesday, 27 September 2016

A wonderful future for EU copyright ... or not? An event reminder

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What happens when copyright enthusiasts meet As reported by this blog a few days ago, further to the release by the EU Commission of  ...
Monday, 26 September 2016

Ladies [and Gentlemen] Now Let’s Get [IP] [“INFORMATION”]

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Matthew Fulks, an independent filmmaker, had filed a copyright infringement suit against Beyoncé on June 8, 2016, claiming that the trai...
Sunday, 25 September 2016

The CopyKat

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A photograph of the Northern Lights sparkling above a village in Belarus (right) has no artistic merit whatsoever according to a recent c...
Wednesday, 21 September 2016

GEMA: EU Copyright Modernisation: First steps towards a fair and balanced relationship between authors and online platforms

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COPYRIGHT: As we know, the EU Commission has presented its plans for a modernisation of copyright. GEMA have now responded, and this is thei...
Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Cheering for a much-anticipated Supreme Court opinion on conceptual separatibility

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The Supreme Court of the United States will hear next month the arguments of both parties in the Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, ...
Friday, 16 September 2016

International Copyright Law 2016

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Who knows what will happen to copyright? Quite a lot has been happening in the copyright world lately, whether at the national, region...
Thursday, 15 September 2016

The problem with “the pursuit of financial gain” in GS Media

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Britt Dekker for Playboy Last week's  GS Media  decision   [ here ,  here ,  here ]   has generated a lot of interest, and raised ...