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[Guest post] UFC-Que Choisir v. Valve: Game over for a second-hand dematerialized video game market in France

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriends Jean-Sébastien Mariez and Laura Godfrin (both Momentum Avocats), discussing a very recent ruling of the French Supreme Court regarding second-hand markets for digital goods. Here is what they write: UFC-Que Choisir v. What happened?

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Book review: Copyright in the Digital Single Market

The IPKat

But, for those who are yet to pick up a copy, here is what is in store: The EU legislature adopted Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) in 2019. It was against this background that the proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market was made in 2016.

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Private Copying Levy for Social Purposes – Draft Changes in Poland and Compatibility with EU Law – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). In Part I of this set of posts, I describe draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy.

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Cloud Services and private copying levy: further developments in the AG Opinion on the Austro-Mechana case

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In a previous post on this Blog, we analysed the EU case law relating to the emerging services of Cloud Service Providers ( C-265/16 , V-CAST), as well as the impact of the new EU Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). The Austro-Mechana case and the right to claim private copying levy.

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Revisiting Bananas, Duct Tape, Walls, & Copyright–Morford v. Cattelan

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” Copying-in-Fact. No Wrongful Copying To determine wrongful copying, the court uses the abstraction-filtration-comparison test. Now we’re more even more sure that we didn’t violate copyright law with this marketing.

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Den of Thieves

IPilogue

copyright laws by copying their source code, it also complained that Hytera infringed the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. Hytera served as a distributor for Motorola until 2001. Hytera Corp. Not only did Motorola Solutions allege that Hytera violated U.S. This case represents a significant infringement of innovation and technology.

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Comment of the European Copyright Society Addressing Selected Aspects of the Implementation of Articles 3 to 7 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Almost 3 years after the adoption of the Digital Single Market ( Directive (EU) 2019/790 ) (CDSM Directive), its transposition by the Member States (MS) has proved to be a significant challenge. Source: European Copyright Society. MS should be vigilant that the public interest and the harmonizing goal sought by Article 5 is duly satisfied.