Best wishes for 2015: a year for starting a forward looking reform of copyright in Europe?

The beginning of the year is always a good time for the best resolutions. 2015 should not be an …

The risk of patent trolls in the U.S. and in Europe: a sequel to a never ending story

The issue of ‘patent assertion entities’ (PAEs) or ‘patent trolls’, i. e. of companies that acquire patent portfolios to …

‘Parody’ becomes a concept of EU law: something to applaud or to fear?

After the September 3, 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in Deckmyn v. Vandersteen,  the …

When solving copyright cases requires to balance fundamental rights

Copyright cases until recently were mainly decided with reference to the rules contained in the statutes (the relevant Copyright …

IPdigIT revient sur l’affaire ReDigi: adapter la technologie pour éviter l’interdit du droit

Dans un billet d’avril 2013 (ici) consacré à la revente de fichiers numériques de ‘seconde main’ sur ReDigi, IPdigIT …

Are non-practicing entities (NPEs) aka ‘patent trolls’ operating in Europe?

Hee-Eun Kim, an associate with Covington & Burling LLP,  where I work as Of Counsel, has prepared a very …

No need to ask for authorization before hyperlinking, but…what did the EU Court of Justice mean in Svensson?

In a previous post (see here), I had asked to anticipate the response of the Court of Justice of …

Association avec la Coupe du Monde 2014: quelle limite au marketing sauvage?

Personne n’ignore que la Coupe du Monde de football se déroulera au Brésil en juin-juillet 2014, ni que la …

Steve Jobs: l’icône de la marque Apple

            Le film Jobs, sorti en 2013, déroule le parcours biographique du célèbre fondateur …

Will ‘Patent trolls’ soon appear on the European market?

It is under this title that a series of articles (published in the Belgian newspaper La Libre Belgique on …