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    2020

    • CJEU Rules that Notion of ‘Address’ in the Enforcement Directive is Limited to One’s Own Postal Address (2020) 15(1) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 779-781 (Constantin Film Verleih GmbH v YouTube LLC and Google Inc., C-264/19, EU:C:2020:542)
    • Italian Supreme Court Applies CJEU Cofemel Decision to Makeup Store Layout (2020) 15(7) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 501-502 (Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione), Wycon S.p.A. v Kiko S.p.A., decision 780/2020)
    • US Court Rules that Unlicensed Reproduction of NBA Players' Tattoos in Their Videogame Avatars is not a Copyright Infringement (2020) 15(5) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 318-319 (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v 2K Games, Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 16-CV-724-LTS-SDA, 26 March 2020)
    • Italian Court Rules against Dolce&Gabbana in a Case Concerning Unauthorized Use of Maradona’s Name on a Jersey (2020) 15(3) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 160 (Milan Court of First Instance, case 41088/2017, decision 11374/2019, 9 December 2019)

    2019

    • CJEU Limits Scope of De-Referencing in Right to be Forgotten Cases to the EU Territory, but Leaves the Door Open for National Global Orders (2019) 23 Media & Arts Law Review 307-309 (Google LLC, successor in law to Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL), C-507/17, EU:C:2019:772)
    • CJEU Rules that Copyright Protection for Designs Only Requires Sufficient Originality (2019) 14(12 Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 931-932 (Cofemel – Sociedade de Vestuário SA v G-Star Raw CV, C-683/17, EU:C:2019:721)
    • Targeting Accepted as a Criterion to Establish International Jurisdiction in Online EU Trade Mark Infringement Cases (2019) 14(12) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 926-927 (AMS Neve Ltd and Others v Heritage Audio SL and Pedro Rodríguez Arribas, C-172/18, EU:C:2019:674) [cited in Advocate General's Opinion in Acacia, C-421/20, EU:C:2021:886​]
    • General Court Finds 'CHIARA FERRAGNI' Not Confusingly Similar to 'CHIARA' (2019) 14(9) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 659-660 (Serendipity Srl and Others v EUIPO, T-647/17, EU:T:2019:73, 8 February 2019)
    • CJEU Excludes Retroactive Application of Reformed Language of Article 7(1)(e)(iii) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation and Does Not Clarify What ‘Another Characteristic’ Means (2019) 14(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 590-592 (Textilis Ltd and Ozgur Keskin v Svenskt Tenn Aktiebolag, C-21/18, EU:C:2019:199, 14 March 2019)
    • US Court Refuses to Grant Summary Judgment in Favour of Beyoncé over FEYONCÉ Products (2019) 14(1) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 8-10 (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, et al., v. Feyoncé, Inc. et al., 16-CV-2532 (AJN))

    2018

    • CJEU Rules on Standing of Collecting Societies and Safe Harbour Availability (2018) 13(12) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 937-939 (Coöperatieve Vereniging SNB-REACT U.A. v Deepak Mehta, C-521/17, EU:C:2018:639)
    • UK Supreme Court Holds that Intermediaries Have to Bear No Costs of Injunctions Against Them (2018) 13(12) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 933-935 (Cartier International AG & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc & Anor [2018] UKSC 28 (13 June 2018))
    • Milan Court Applies Nintendo v Big Ben in Fast Fashion Lawsuit against ZARA (2018) 13(11) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 856-857 (Tribunale di Milano, Diesel spa and Others v Zara Italia srl and Others, case No 22303/2016, decision No 5390/2018, 15 May 2018)
    • Not Sufficiently 'Transformative' Appropriation of a Photograph Held Infringing by French Court (2018) 13(7) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 525-526 (Cour d’Appel de Versailles, Alix Malka v Peter Klasen, 1ère chamber 1ère section, RG No 15/06029, 16 March 2018)
    • Milan Court Finds Trade Mark Infringement and Unfair Competition in Biscuit-Shaped Cushions (2018) 13(7) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 520-521 (Court of First Instance of Milan, Barilla G and Another v Italy Fashion srl and Another, decision 830/2018, 25 January 2018)
    • AG Szpunar Confirms that There is a Way Out of Invalidation for the Louboutin Red Sole Trade Mark (2018) 13(7) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 518-520 (Opinion of Advocate General Maciej Szpunar in Christian Louboutin, Christian Louboutin SAS v Van Haren Schoenen BV, C-163/16, EU:C:2018:64)
    • General Court Confirms that ‘La Mafia se Sienta a la Mesa’ Cannot Be a Trade Mark on Public Policy Grounds (2018) 13(6) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 432-434 (La Mafia Franchises, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), T‑1/17, 15 March 2018)

    2017

    • Italian Supreme Court Confirms Eligibility of TV Formats for Copyright Protection (2017) 12(12) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 968-969 (RTI Reti Televisive Italiane Spa v Ruvido Produzioni Srl, decision 18633/17 (27 July 2017))
    • Italian Supreme Court Rules that Mere Reproduction of Vespa Image May Amount to Counterfeiting (2017) 12(7) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 537-538 (Cassazione penale, 5th Section, 17 March 2017, No 13078)
    • CJEU Clarifies Scope of ‘Access to Cable of Broadcasting Services’ in Article 9 of the InfoSoc Directive (2017) 12(6) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 457-459 (ITV Broadcasting Limited and Others v TVCatchup Limited (in administration), C-275/15, EU:C:2017:144)

    2016

    • Arnold J Rules that Shape of KitKat Chocolate Bar Cannot Be Registered as a Trade Mark (2016) 11(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 577-578 (Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Ltd [2016] EWHC 50 (Ch))
    • CJEU Links Fair Compensation in Articles 5(2)(a) and (b) of the InfoSoc Directive to Actual Harm Requirement (2016) 11(3) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 167-170 (Hewlett-Packard Belgium SPRL v Reprobel SCRL, Epson Europe BV intervening, C-572/13, EU:C:2015:750)
    • General Court Says that Extended Passing Off may Prevent Trade Mark Registration (2016) 11(2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 79-80 (Tilda Riceland Private Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), T-136/14,EU:T:2015:734)
    • CJEU Says that Mere Recognition/Association is not Sufficient to Prove Acquired Distinctiveness (2016) 11(2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 77-79 (Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Ltd, C-215/14,EU:C:2015:604)

    2015

    • Beatles Documentary Reproducing Twelve Songs in their Entirety is not Fair Use (2015) 10(10) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 736-737 (Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC & Another v WPMC Ltd & Another [2015] EWHC 1853 (Ch))
    • High Court Issues Blocking Order against Popcorn Time (2015) 10(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 585-586 (Twentieth Century Fox and Others v Sky UK Limited and Others [2015] EWHC 1082 (Ch))
    • CJEU Says that Unauthorised Hyperlinks to Live TV Broadcasts Are Not Infringements Under the InfoSoc Directive (2015) 10(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 582-583 (C More Entertainment AB v Linus Sandberg, C-279/13, EU:C:2015:199)
    • CJEU Says that Copyright Exhaustion only Applies to the Tangible Support of a Work (2015) 10(5) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 329-330 (Art & Allposters International BV v Stichting Pictoright, C-419/13, EU:C:2015:27)
    • CJEU Rules on Notion of Parody (But It Will Not Be Funny for National Courts) (2015) 10(2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 80-82 (Johan Deckmyn and Another v Helena Vandersteen and Others, C-201/13, EU:C:2014:2132)
    • OSA (the Czech Spa case): Article 102 TFEU as a Means to Attack Excessive Copyright Fees of Collecting Societies? (2015) 6(2) Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 96-97 (OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním os v Léčebné lázně Mariánské Lázně as, C-351/12, EU:C:2014:110)
    • CJEU Says that Member States May Grant Public Libraries the Right to Digitise Works in their Collections (2015) 10(1) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 6-8 (Technische Universität Darmstadt v Eugen Ulmer KG, C-117/13, EU:C:2014:2196)

    2014

    • CJEU Rules that Private Copying Exception May Only Apply to Reproductions from Licensed Sources (2014) 9(9) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 710-711 (ACI Adam BV and Others v Stichting de Thuiskopie and Stichting Onderhandelingen Thuiskopie vergoeding, C-435/12, EU:C:2014:254)
    • CJEU on Communication to the Public and National Systems of Collective Rights Management (2014) 9(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 630-631 (OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním os v Léčebné lázně Mariánské Lázně as, C-351/12, EU:C:2014:110)
    • Google Books Library Project is Fair Use (2014) 9(2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 104-106 (The Authors Guild, Inc v Google Inc, USDC SDNY 05 Civ 8136 (DC), 14 November 2013)
    • Brussels I Regulation and Online Copyright Infringement: ‘Intention to Target’ Approach Rejected (2014) 9(1) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 18-19 (Peter Pinckney v KDG Mediatech AG, C-170/12, EU:C:2013:635) [cited in Advocate General's Opinion in Concurrence, C-618/15, EU:C:2016:843]

    2013

    • US Supreme Court Holds First Sale Doctrine Applicable to Works Lawfully Made Abroad (2013) 8(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 590-591 (Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 568 US __ (2013))
    • Amazon’s Use of Term “Appstore” is not Deceptive (2013) 8(7) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 511-512 (Apple Inc v Amazon.com Inc, No C 11-1327 PJH (N D Cal, Jan 2, 2013))
    • First Circuit Applies Idea/Expression Dichotomy and Originality to News Photographs (2013) 8(5) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 356-357 (Donald A Harney v Sony Pictures Television, Inc, and A&E Television Networks, LLC, No 11-1760 (1st Cir, Jan 7, 2013))

    2012

    • Exhaustion also Applies to First Sale of Downloaded Software (2012) 7(11) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 786-788 (UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp, C-128/11, EU:C:2012:407)
    • US District Court Explains Idea/Expression Dichotomy in Videogames (2012) 7(10) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 713-714 (Tetris Holding, LLC and The Tetris Company, LLC v Xio Interactive, LLC, USDC D New Jersey, 30 May 2012)
    • ECJ Interprets InfoSoc Exception for Ephemeral Recordings (2012) 7(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 557-559 (DR and TV2 Danmark v NCB, C-510/10, EU:C:2012:244
    • On Netlog, ACTA and the Scope of IPR Injunctions in the EU (2012) 2(3) Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 297-304 (SABAM v Netlog, C-360/10, EU:C:2012:85)
    • US Supreme Court Says Public Domain Works May Return to Copyright (2012) 7(4) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 238-239 (Golan v Holder, 565 US __ (2012))

    2011

    • Yahoo! Liable for Contributory Infringement by Display of Links to Infringing Websites (2011) 6(8) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 521-523 (Tribunale di Roma, PFA Films Srl v Google Italy, Microsoft Srl and Yahoo! Italia Srl, ordinanza 20 March 2011)
    • Relighting a Lamp: The CJEU on Revived Protection for Expired Design Rights (2011) 384 ITMA Review 14-16 (Flos v Semeraro Casa e Famiglia, C-168/09, EU:C:2011:29)
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