by manuel.roche | Nov 26, 2014 | All, Copyright
The French Intellectual Property Code provides that performance, publishing and audiovisual production contracts must be in writing (Article L.131-2). In addition, “transfer of authors’ rights shall be subject to each of the assigned rights being separately mentioned...
by manuel.roche | Aug 27, 2014 | All, Copyright
Reviewing and modernising the EU copyright legislative framework by 2015, these are the stated objectives set by the European Commission through its declaration of 12 December 2012 (*). The effort focuses on the territoriality in the Internal Market, the...
by manuel.roche | Aug 13, 2014 | All, Copyright, Internet
Considering the worldwide press coverage of the last few weeks, it is difficult not to have heard about the monkey selfie case opposing wildlife British photographer David J. Slater (1) to Wikipedia’s Wikimedia web site about who shall be the owner of the copyright...
by manuel.roche | May 19, 2014 | All, Copyright, Internet
Creating a web site requires functional, technical and even esthetic qualities. But is it enough to consider all web sites may be protected by copyright? The Court of Appeals of Rennes (in Brittany, France) has just decided it does not. In its judgment dated 13 May...
by manuel.roche | Feb 28, 2014 | All, Copyright, Trademarks
On December 10, 2013, French Cour de cassation (Civil Supreme Court) once again refused to admit that a fragrance could be protected by copyright (Cour de cassation, commercial section, 10 December 2013). In 2006, the Court had already decided that a fragrance could...
