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New dispute resolution and naming policy for .fr
A new dispute resolution proceeding named SYRELI is entered in force on November 21st 2011.
Then, on December 6, 2011 the registration of .fr has been extended to all persons located in the European Union, Norway, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, new extensions have also been opened:.re for…
France a safe route for patent limitation
Paris Appeal Court has recently rendered its ruling in a litigation involving an alleged infringer versus French Patent Office (INPI). It is one of the first decisions about the possibility of a third party to take part in a decision related to a patent limitation.
According to the French patent…
Mediation in Alicante or Brussels during Appeals before the OHIM
OHIM’s new mediation service in appeal proceedings in inter partes proceedings entered into force on October 23rd, 2011. With this voluntary service, the parties are invited to reach a friendly settlement by filing a request to the Board of Appeal (BoA), which is the body in charge of the mediation…
New framework for 1st level domain names
Further to a decision that ruled the proceeding of allocation of domain names against the Constitution of France, the allocation and the management of domain names for extension “.fr” must comply with the law. Indeed, a new legal framework for French domain names has been established by Law n° 2011-302…
Court of Appeal of Brussels condemns Google
Google was recently condemned in a case rendered in Belgium that could have implications in Europe for the news indexes provided by search engines.
In its judgment of May 5th, 2011 the Court of Appeal of Brussels confirmed that Google News and Google Cache infringe copyright law by posting links…
Seizures revoked after bailiff error
A relatively easy and relevant way to enforce evidence of infringement in France and in Belgium is to implement infringement seizures.
Indeed, the main difference with other seizures that can be required in Europe, for instance in Germany, is that it is not necessary to exhibit strong or even any…
Manipulate archived internet pages? Yes we can!
Previous articles described how “The Wayback Machine” (TWM), (www.archive.org) may be used to establish a date of public availability for a particular internet page, which may be useful in legal proceedings. These articles also discussed a pitfall when dating information from a page which uses frames. This article…
Don’t get framed by Wayback frames!
Earlier articles showed how The Wayback Machine (www.archive.org) may be used in establishing a date of public availability for a particular internet page, and which may be usable in legal proceedings. However, certain pitfalls exist and need to be avoided in order for the evidence to withstand the…
Can copyright bypass the repair clause?
Author: Candice De Wandeleer - Publisher: Managing IP
Belgian Power of Attorney - Trademarks and Designs
This Power of Attorney is downloadable here.