Copyrighting … a fragrance?
Today’s funny moment is from The Australian, which is carrying a story that French cosmetic company L’Oreal has won a copyright suit against a Dutch company for copying a perfume. The story appears to...
View ArticleCooper judgment is out
Judgments (2 of them) are here. Helpdesk employee wins; Cooper and the ISP lose. Enjoy! More when I’ve read it. Hat tip: Starkoff again, naturally.
View ArticleThe Cooper case: how linking in Australia can land you in hot legal water
As I anticipated on Friday, and noted earlier today: the Full Federal Court judgment in the Cooper case has been handed down. This is a significant, appeal judgment on the scope of secondary liability...
View ArticleReactions to the Cooper judgment
Various reactions to the linking is authorisation’ Cooper decision handed down yesterday by the Full Federal Court: I commented yesterday (summary? ‘troubling’. ‘Have we, or have we not just had a very...
View ArticleSecond Life Clickwrap Agreement unenforceable
Judge Eduardo Robreno of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has handed down a very interesting judgment dismissing two motions by Linden Labs (the makers of...
View ArticleAuthorisation Liability doesn’t go to the High Court
Well, well, well: those of us who, in the fine tradition of lawyers everywhere thinking their own area is sexy, had decided that the High Court would take any old IP case that sounded vaguely...
View ArticleC7 judgment handed down this afternoon…
The much anticipated judgment in the C7 matter has been handed down today…it’s a wopping 1230 pages/7MB. Get it here. In a very small nutshell, Channel 7 did not prove its pleaded case and was thus...
View ArticleIt’s not safe out there, especially on your own Facebook page
There is certainly a value to social networking websites. Some serve professional networking purposes (such as LinkedIn). And others, like Facebook, have proved to be an effective means of connecting...
View ArticleJournal editor wins defamation action in French court
Professor Joseph Weiler has won the defamation action brought against him in a French court, which I discussed last month here. So far I have not been able to find any more details about the ruling,...
View ArticleThe French Republic v Weiler: further details
Professor Joseph Weiler has now written about the judgment in the criminal libel case brought against him in a French court. A decision was handed down by the Tribunal de Grand Instance de Paris on 3...
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