The European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to update the EU’s telecoms rules. The new European Electronic Communications Code, proposed by the Commission, will boost investments in very high capacity networks across the EU, including in remote and rural areas.
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Over the last years, the functioning of the online content marketplace has gained in complexity. Online services storing and providing access to copyright protected content uploaded by their users have flourished and have become main sources of access to content online. When the content is uploaded by users who do not own the relevant rights in the whole or parts of the content they upload, this situation affects rightholders’ possibilities to determine whether and under which conditions their content is used as well as their possibilities to get an appropriate remuneration for it. It is therefore necessary to provide for certain measures that these service providers should take to protect the content.
Comments closedRussian constitutional court has prohibited application of the similar sanctions for parallel import and for selling of counterfeits. One Russian company PAG has concluded state contract for supply to medical institution a special paper under Sony mark for ultrasound scan. Such paper Russian company has acquired from Poland company and imported to Russia. The customs has seized the paper under the order of commercial court of Kaliningrad province.
Comments closedRussian Pharm company has obtained first compulsory patent licence under decision of Moscow commercial court. This patent licence provides the Russian company with right to produce and distribute in Russian market the medicament patented by USA pharm company. The Russian analogue of patented medicament is “much cheaper” in comparison with its original.
Comments closedIt is necessary to define the concept of press publication in a way that embraces only journalistic publications, published in any media, including on paper, in the context of an economic activity which constitutes a provision of services under EU law. The press publications to be covered are those whose purpose is to inform the general public and which are periodically or regularly updated.
Comments closedRussian state duma has adopted in first reading a new draft law providing the cinemas’ cashiers with right to require a passport or id from the person buying the ticket to the cinema. If the cashier has doubt in relation to the age of person, buying the ticket, the cashier has the right to make buyer of the ticket to demonstrate his/her id or passport in order to be sure whether the age of person is appropriate for the movie demonstrated in cinema.
Comments closedRussian deputies proposed to abolish criminal liability for reposts or sharing of extremist publications or materials in World Wide Web. Some people just make reposts of information published mostly in social networks and as a consequence bear criminal liability because technically under current Russian law it is dissemination of prohibited information. Russian Kremlin upheld this idea.
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One company – Mars Incorporated – has registered the trademark for cat food in EU. The production of this company is sold and available in many markets, including Russian market. But this company is not only one trading cat food in Russia. There is also Russian company from Borisoglebsk town. This company also sells cat food in Russia. The ways of these companies in Russian market have crossed thanks to their trademarks.
Comments closedThe EU copyright legal framework harmonises rights of authors and neighbouring rightholders and seeks to harmonise “exceptions and limitations” to these rights, although most of them are optional for the MS to implement. An “exception” to an exclusive right means that a right holder is no longer in a position to authorise or prohibit the use of a work or other protected subject matter: the beneficiary of the exception is already authorised by law to do so.
Comments closedIn the case of an unpublished database, an applicant may register all of the copyrightable material that appeared in the database as of the date that the registration materials are received in the U.S. Copyright Office. In the case of a published database, an applicant may register all of the copyrightable material that was first published on the date specified in the application.
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