Intellectual Property Clarifications about the absence of written agreement between the assignee and the licensee and the use of a work by synchronisation Cour de Cassation, Première chambre civile, 28 February 2024, no. 22-18.120 The authors, performers, producer… Kevin Sagnier 25 March 2024
Intellectual Property The introduction of a « digital age of majority » and new obligations for social networks French Law no. 2023-566 of July 7th, 2023 implementing a digital age of majority and… Emilie Cuer 3 November 2023
Intellectual Property EUIPO refuses to register Burberry’s EU trademark covering NFTs and digital goods. EUIPO Refusal No. 018647205 Digital collectibles and NFTs are undoubtedly part of innovative marketing strategies… Lou Mailhac 21 March 2023
Intellectual Property The EDPB updates the WP29 guidance on personal data breach notification EDPB Guidelines 9/2022 on personal data breach notification On 18 October 2022, the EDPB published… Lou Mailhac 30 November 2022
Intellectual Property The Rolling Stones and the Beatles, their fame, and the reputation of their trademarks CA Paris, Pôle 5, ch.2, 12 avril 2022 In a recent infringement case involving the… Florence Dauvergne 15 June 2022
Intellectual Property The Rolling Stones’ logo : a brand as famous as the band Judicial Court of Paris, 3rd Ch., 25 Feb. 2021 The Judicial Court (Tribunal Judiciaire) of… Nomos 15 April 2021
Intellectual PropertyPersonnal data The CNIL warned a sports club against using facial recognition to screen supporters Communication of the CNIL on its website, dated 18 February 2021 Facial recognition technologies are… Sylvain Naillat 19 March 2021
Intellectual PropertyPersonnal data CNIL publishes new guidelines on human resources data management CNIL Delib. n°2019-160, Nov. 21, 2019 Following a public consultation launched in April 2019, the… Lou Mailhac 28 May 2020
Intellectual Property According to a French court, the principle of exhaustion applies to video games acquired via a download platform TGI de Paris, 4ème Ch., 17 Septembre 2019 On 17 September 2019, the Paris Tribunal… Nomos 31 October 2019
Intellectual Property “Big Mac”: the verbal European trademark revoked for non-use! EUIPO, Cancellation division, decision n°14788C, Supermac’s Holding Ltd against Mc Donald’s International Property Company, Ltd… Antoine Jacquemart 6 February 2019
