The Pirate Bay blocked in Portugal
Authors: Joâo Costa Quinta (ABBC), Margarida Leitâo (ABBC), Gonzalo Santos (DLA Piper) A recent Intellectual Property Court decision in Portugal determined that the main telecommunications operators...
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By Judith Miller and Matthew Evans On Tuesday 7 April 2015, a single Federal Court Judge ordered six internet service providers (ISPs) to hand over the names and identities corresponding to...
View ArticleITALY –“Digital Authorities” Seminar on 22 May, University of Milan
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View ArticleJAPAN – Amendments to METI Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information...
By Ann Cheung and Keitaro Uzawa The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) recently revised the Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA: The end of the Pirate Bay and VPNs in Australia? New censorship...
By Matthew Evans The Australian Government has introduced new laws to block websites at an internet service provider (ISP) level if they have the primary purposes of infringing or facilitating the...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA: Update: Dallas Buyers Club letter revealed – Is it still...
By Matthew Evans In the latest update of the Dallas Buyers Club case the proposed letters to be sent to pirates have now been made public. It was previously ordered that Voltage (the company owning the...
View ArticleSPAIN: Tougher prison penalties for IP infringers
Author: Gonzalo Santos On 1 July 2015, a major amendment of the Spanish Criminal Code entered into force. Among other measures, said amendment considerably increases the maximum prison sentences which...
View ArticleITALY – Pisa Internet Festival – the Future of Copyright
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View ArticleSpain: Judge orders the blocking of pirate website “Rojadirecta” as an...
By Gonzalo Santos In the course of a judicial process started by DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital (Canal +), a Spanish court has ordered ISPs to provisionally block access to the famous pirate...
View ArticleChina: Michael Jordan finally slam dunks his naming rights claim at the...
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View ArticleFilmspeler – Sale of “fully-loaded” IPTV boxes and “unlawful use”
By Alastair Mackichan, John Cloke and John Wilks In another welcome decision for content owners and broadcasters, the CJEU has dealt a significant blow to the business models of those individuals...
View ArticleAustralia: Dallas Buyers Club LLC obtains customer identities from ISPs in...
By Judith Miller and Matthew Evans On Tuesday 7 April 2015, a single Federal Court Judge ordered six internet service providers (ISPs) to hand over the names and identities corresponding to...
View ArticleITALY –“Digital Authorities” Seminar on 22 May, University of Milan
Follow us on Friday 22 May 2015 at the University of Milan, with the main experts of our Italian “Digital Authorities” – Giuseppe Galasso (Director Communications – AGCM), Benedetta Liberatore...
View ArticleJapan – Amendments to METI Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information...
By Ann Cheung and Keitaro Uzawa The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI) recently revised the Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA: The end of the Pirate Bay and VPNs in Australia? New censorship...
By Matthew Evans The Australian Government has introduced new laws to block websites at an internet service provider (ISP) level if they have the primary purposes of infringing or facilitating the...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA: Update: Dallas Buyers Club letter revealed – Is it still...
By Matthew Evans In the latest update of the Dallas Buyers Club case the proposed letters to be sent to pirates have now been made public. It was previously ordered that Voltage (the company owning the...
View ArticleSPAIN: Tougher prison penalties for IP infringers
Author: Gonzalo Santos On 1 July 2015, a major amendment of the Spanish Criminal Code entered into force. Among other measures, said amendment considerably increases the maximum prison sentences which...
View ArticleITALY – Pisa Internet Festival – the Future of Copyright
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View ArticleSpain: Judge orders the blocking of pirate website “Rojadirecta” as an...
By Gonzalo Santos In the course of a judicial process started by DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital (Canal +), a Spanish court has ordered ISPs to provisionally block access to the famous pirate...
View ArticleChina: Michael Jordan finally slam dunks his naming rights claim at the...
This is a very important decision because it sets a strong judicial precedent for foreign companies seeking to protect their intellectual property rights in China. On 8 December 2016, overturning the...
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