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20 Aug 2012, 3:52 am by tortsprof
In Tawfik v. al Sabah, the Southern District of New York dismissed an Alien Tort Claims Act suit brought by Egyptian nationals against the Emir of Kuwait based on sovereign immunity principles. [read post]
19 Nov 2019, 4:18 pm by INFORRM
On 16 October 2019, the judgment in Al Sadik (aka Riad Tawfiq Mahmood Al Sadek Aka Riad Tawfik Sadik) v Sadik ([2019] EWHC 2717 (QB)) was handed down. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 12:15 am by INFORRM
Facebook is unhappy about the CJEU’s recent decision in Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland Ltd (C 18/18), which held that the social media company could be ordered by member states to remove equivalent content, worldwide when content is deemed illegal in a member state. [read post]
25 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Martin Kratz
A key element of the tariff question is the meaning of Section 68.2(1) of the Copyright Act which states: 68.2 (1) Without prejudice to any other remedies available to it, a collective society may, for the period specified in its approved tariff, collect the royalties specified in the tariff and, in default of their payment, recover them in a court of competent jurisdiction. [read post]
24 Oct 2023, 4:36 pm by INFORRM
Caselaw Al Sadik (aka Riad Tawfiq Mahmood Al Sadek aka Riad Tawfik Sadik) v Sadik [2019] EWHC 2717 In Al Sadik, the Defendant made an application to dismiss the Claimant’s claim for libel on three separate grounds, including that the Claimant had no real prospect of showing that the words in question were defamatory of him pursuant to section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013. [read post]
29 Jan 2020, 4:40 pm by INFORRM
Section 9 – Action against persons not domiciled in the UK or an EU/Lugano Convention State Section 9 provides that the court will not have jurisdiction to hear a defamation claim where the prospective defendant is resident outside of the UK, European Union, or the Lugano Convention states (Norway, Switzerl [read post]
2 May 2008, 7:00 am
Landmark IP implications for universities: University of Western Australia v Gray: (IPRoo), (Managing Intellectual Property), (The Age), The latest edition of US Trade Representative’s ‘Special 301 Report’: (Ars Technica), (Ars Technica), (IAM), (Intellectual Property Watch), (Patry Copyright Blog), (Managing Intellectual Property), (Patent Docs), (IP Law360), Court rejects RIAA ‘making available’ theory: Atlantic v Howell:… [read post]
3 Aug 2021, 6:28 am by Michael Geist
In fact, the unanimous court made it clear it disagreed with the analysis, stating “there are some significant jurisprudential problems with those aspects of their judgments that warrant comment. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 10:38 pm by Michael Geist
  In reviewing copying practices in the law library of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the court stated: The fair dealing exception, like other exceptions in the Copyright Act, is a user’s right. [read post]