by manuel.roche | May 18, 2016 | All, Copyright
Does copyright apply to promotional pictures of e-commerce web sites? The question is a real issue considering the growing number of e-commerce web sites and the huge content of pictures made available on such web sites to represent and promote purchasable goods....
by manuel.roche | Jan 20, 2016 | All, Copyright, Trademarks
In a dispute between the French online sales company Vente-privee.com and the owner of the trademark CECILE DE ROSTAND for leather goods, household linen and clothing, differences between trademark and trade name natures and functions have been underlined by the First...
by manuel.roche | Sep 30, 2015 | All, Copyright
Maybe you read or heard these last couple of weeks that lyrics from the Happy Birthday song were in the public domain. Well, that is not entirely true. Actually what said US District Judge George H. King on 22 September 2015 is that Warner/Chappell Music Inc. could...
by manuel.roche | Jul 10, 2015 | All, Copyright
A very recent decision issued by the French highest civil Court accepts that copyright may be limited to ensure protection of the right to artistic freedom. A painter had reproduced three photographs into his paintings, without requesting prior authorization from the...
by manuel.roche | Mar 28, 2015 | All, Copyright, Internet
Last March 16, French Minister of Culture and Communication Fleur Pellerin posted on Twitter a photograph reproducing paintings by French artist Pierre Bonnard, apparently taken with her smartphone whilst visiting an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris (1). Some...
