GS Media: IPKat/Bristows rapid response seminar

Further to last w eek's    GS Media  decision   [ here ,  here ,  here ] , the IPKat and Bristows partnered together for a rapid respon...

Linking after GS Media ... in a table

Readers may remember that a few months ago I published a table that I had prepared for my students at the University of Southampton, attemp...

Hyperlinks and communication to the public: early thoughts on the GS Media decision

As r eported in this morning's (super-)breaking news post, the Court of Justice of the  European Uni on (CJEU) has finally issued its d...

SUPER-BREAKING: (Liberal) CJEU says that linking to unauthorised content is NOT a communication to the public unless one seeks financial gain and has knowledge of illegality

The day everybody had been waiting for - at least since 13 February  2014  [that,  of  course, was the date of the  Svensson  decision, on w...

Linking & Copyright rapid response event on 13 September: come join us!

Where it all started ... Is linking to unlicensed content a potential infringement of copyright?  Following the (controversial) decisions in...

CJEU: "Flat-rate" reimbursement for legal fees must cover a significant part of the costs incurred by the successful party

On 28 July 2016, the CJEU issued its decision in the preliminary referral Case C-57/15 United Video Properties . At issue was whether a prov...

Mr Justice Arnold rejects bid to hear infringement of German designation in Rhodia v Molycorp patent jurisdiction tussle

The AmeriKat on  a sleepless summer night musing on the future of patent litigation The late night witching hours have begun again for the A...