IPR - EU

• EU Council legal services unclear about censorship filters October 18, 2017
• Civil society calls for the deletion of the #censorshipmachine October 16, 2017
• Leaked document: EU Presidency calls for massive internet filtering September 6, 2017
• Latest copyright votes: Filtering, blocking & half-baked compromises July 11, 2017
• EU moves one step closer to the world’s worst internet filtering law March 22, 2017
• A positive step forward against the “censorship machine” in the Copyright Directive February 28, 2017
• European Commission’s overdue report on copyright consultations October 7, 2016
• European Court allows copyright owners to demand open WiFi networks be password protected October 5, 2016
• Copyfails bonus track: Copyright levies July 29, 2016
• EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content (including code) March 15, 2018
• No, the EU did not abolish geoblocking today February 6, 2018
• The extra copyright for news in Germany was a failure – yet the Bulgarian EU presidency now presents it as a good compromise for all of Europe January 29, 2018
• Mercosur-EU Free Trade Agreement: a bad deal for the public domain January 3, 2018
• Copyright Directive may lead newspapers to become their own censors December 13, 2017
• What’s wrong with the EU’s filtering solutions? November 11, 2017
• These 3 EU governments want to give record labels control over what we can and can’t post online October 28, 2017
• Leaked: These 3 EU governments want to give record labels control over what we can and can’t post online October 26, 2017
• Did the EU Commission hide a study that did not suit their agenda? September 20, 2017
• Six states raise concerns about legality of Copyright Directive September 5, 2017
• CULT Committee wants educators to pay for content that they now use for free July 19, 2017
• No, you can’t enjoy the music you paid for, says EU Parliament Committee July 5, 2017
• Council of Europe report on copyright exceptions and limitations July 4, 2017
• Proposed Copyright Directive – Commissioner confirms it is illegal June 28, 2017
• CJEU says that site like The Pirate Bay makes acts of communication to the public June 14, 2017
• Consumer Committee rejects upload filter but fails on “link tax” June 8, 2017
• Just 9 days left to reject the worst version of EU copyright expansion plans yet May 31, 2017
• Last EP Committee opinion on copyright reform balances civil liberties with political reality May 29, 2017
• Open letter to the European Commission on encrypted media extensions April 15, 2017
• European Citizens and Intellectual Property: Perception, Awareness and Behaviour March 30, 2017
• Copyright Directive: Lead MEP party deletes the “censorship machine” March 9, 2017
• New proposal for increasing online copyright enforcement March 3, 2017
• New copyright study shows fundamental flaws in EU Commission plans for upload surveillance March 1, 2017
• Lead Parliamentarian for Culture Committee defends upload filtering February 15, 2017
• EU copyright should protect users’ rights and prevent content filtering January 9, 2017
• EU Council agrees to remove geo-blocking barriers to e-commerce November 28, 2016
• TV viewing in hotel rooms doesn’t need copyright licence fee October 26, 2016
• Instagram trademark application for “GRAM” October 25, 2016
• Academics stress importance of preserving consistency and integrity of EU framework on content monitoring October 11, 2016
• The Commission's DSMS and CJEU case law: what relationship? October 9, 2016
• CJEU judgement in case Tobias Mc Fadden v Sony Music September 19, 2016
• EU court blocks Brazilian company from trademarking sound of a ringing phone September 13, 2016
• Unlocking copyright for users: Make law, not licenses September 13, 2016
• Wikimedia, EDRI, and others call for EU Copyright Package to uphold DSM fundamental principles September 13, 2016
• CJEU ruling on hyperlinking shows publishers hypocrisy September 9, 2016
• CJEU says that linking to unauthorised content is NOT a communication to the public unless one seeks financial gain and has knowledge of illegality September 8, 2016
• EU: Draft of new Copyright Directive leaked September 2, 2016
• Latest Leak Confirms European Copyright Plans Offer Little for Users September 1, 2016
• Towards a corporate copyright reform in the EU? August 31, 2016
• Statewatch published a draft of the Commission’s own Impact assessment on the modernisation of EU copyright rules August 25, 2016
• Copyright reform: Unlocking copyright for users? August 24, 2016
• EU Commission calls time on geo-blocking in new regulation proposal May 27, 2016
• ECJ Advocate General opines Internet hyperlinks do not infringe copyright April 7, 2016
• European Commission publishes issues paper with initial findings from e-commerce sector inquiry on geo-blocking practices March 24, 2016
• GS Media hyperlink case under CJEU analysis February 5, 2016
• A few EU governments are blocking blind people’s access to knowledge February 2, 2016
• The European Commission is reconsidering introducing ancillary copyright December 3, 2015
• Validation of European patents in Moldova October 28, 2015
• EPO makes patent registers more easily accessible September 22, 2015
• New opinion of the European Copyright Society on “Reprobel”- Case (C-572/13) September 16, 2015
• EU Parliament adopts Reda report on copyright reform July 9, 2015
• Freedom of panorama: what is going on at the EU level? June 26, 2015
• Trade secrets could undermine fundamental rights June 19, 2015
• EU: copyright legislation is pushing people to piracy June 9, 2015
• Commissioner Oettinger plaids for a unified EU digital market to resist internet giants such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft May 17, 2015
• France and Italy want to expand the geographical indications protection system May 16, 2015
• EC research finds shutting down of pirate sites ineffective May 14, 2015
• Leaked Digital Single Market strategy addresses copyright and geo-blocking, e-privacy and the role of ISPs April 20, 2015
• EU commissioners at odds over geo-blocking April 6, 2015
• CJEU preliminary ruling on private copying levies: Case C-463/12 Copydan Båndkopi March 5, 2015
• CJEU says that Member States are free to determine who must pay droit de suite royalty February 26, 2015
• UN report on copyright – is the EU really a beacon of human rights? February 25, 2015
• European Parliament failing to support copyright reform February 25, 2015
• Julia Reda: Share your opinion on copyright February 13, 2015
• Launching of the orphan works database February 12, 2015
• Copyright Reform: Responses to Julia Reda's draft report and what comes next February 11, 2015
• Exhaustion of rights - the broader implications of the CJEU's ruling in Art & Allposters January 30, 2015
• CJEU confirms accessibility criterion to determine jurisdiction in online copyright infringement cases January 22, 2015
• CJEU says exhaustion only applies to the tangible medium of a work January 22, 2015
• German Pirate MEP kicks off EU copyright debate January 19, 2015
• EU copyright rules maladapted to the Internet, upcoming Parliamentary report finds January 19, 2015
• Monaco "devoid of distinctive character", rules EU court January 15, 2015
• CJEU says that owner of an online database not protected by copyright or sui generis right may restrict its use by contract January 15, 2015
• Copyright judgments in 2015: what’s in the pipeline from the CJEU January 12, 2015
• EU negotiating texts in TTIP January 7, 2015
• CJEU is asked preliminary questions on Ford case January 6, 2015
• Julia Reda is in charge of fixing the EU Copyright Law January 6, 2015
• Advocate General says the distribution right includes right to prevent offer for sale of a work December 4, 2014
• European Patent Office strike December 4, 2014
• CJEU case on liability for copyright infringements if offering password-free free internet access November 26, 2014
• Community trade mark applications will now only be examined after they are paid for November 15, 2014
• Belgian and French copyright laws ban photos of EP buildings November 10, 2014
• Our single market is crying out for copyright reform September 22, 2014
• Summary report of the responses to the copyright public consultation August 1, 2014