E-Bay user condemned
TGI Paris, 30 avril 2007 held an E-Bay user liable for an action selling a counterfeited item.
Further information here:
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Chinese piracy of US goods
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization opened a formal investigation Tuesday into allegations China is providing a safe haven for product piracy and counterfeiting, the most far-reaching of four current trade disputes between Washington and Beijing, trade officials said.
The U.S. complaint over China’s enforcement of intellectual property rights is the culmination of years of agitation in Washington and elsewhere over one of the world’s biggest sources of illegally copied goods, ranging from DVDs, CDs and designer clothes to sporting goods and medications.
Diplomats leaving a meeting of the WTO’s dispute settlement body said an investigative panel was set up. China blocked the panel’s establishment last month, but was prevented under WTO rules from delaying the investigation a second time.
Beijing has said it is stepping up its fight against imitations of U.S. copyrights and trademarks, and heavily criticized Washington earlier this year for starting the case, saying it could damage trade relations between the countries.
Read the full article here:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/25/business/EU-FIN-ECO-WTO-US-China.php
Friday, September 21, 2007
Unfair Commercial Practices - Italian transposition
On August 2, 2007 legislative decree No. 146 has transposed the directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfait commercial practices.
The legislative decree has also modified the Consumer Code, and specifically Title III regarding advertising and other commercial communications (articles 18-27).
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights
The Italian Government, in the framework of the Internet Governance Forum process, and in cooperation with the UN and the IGF Secretariat, will organize a “Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights”, to be held in Rome on 27 September 2007.
The Government of Italy invites all stakeholders - Governments, private sector, civil society, academic and technical communities, and international organizations - to attend the meeting.
In order to facilitate the public debate a dedicated online forum is also available. The Forum will remain on line after the conference in order to stimulate the discussion on these issues and also to gather comments in view of the next Internet Governance Forum of Rio de Janeiro.
Further information here:
Monday, September 17, 2007
ECJ - Microsoft
The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position.
A probe concluded in 2004 that Microsoft was guilty of freezing out rivals in server software and products such as media players.
Microsoft has two months to appeal at the European Court of Justice.
“The Court of First Instance essentially upholds the Commission’s decision finding that Microsoft abused its dominant position,” the court’s statement said.
Microsoft’s top lawyer said it was important now for the company to comply with EU competition law, but that it had not yet decided on its next legal steps.
Full article from BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6998272.stm
Text of the decision available from here (the first record if you insert “Microsoft” in “Names of parties” box:
Thursday, September 13, 2007
MySpace held liable
The President of the High Court of First Instance of Paris, in a summary order dated 22 June 2007, held that despite the fact that MySpace is a hosting provider, it acts as a publisher and may therefore be held liable for copyright infringement on its site.
Full article here:
http://copyrightfrance.blogspot.com/2007/07/dailymotion-hosting-provider-liable-for.html
