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Programming languages can't be copyrighted: EU court

...ruling on Wednesday that essentially declared programming languages are not copyrightable. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in favour of World Programming Limited (WPL... Read more

4 May, 2012 by Rachel King

Court rules Swedish ISPs can hand over customer data

...The European Court of Justice said on Thursday that Swedish law does not provide... Read more

20 April, 2012 by Don Reisinger

ACTA to see Euro vote in June as delay averted

...European Commission said in February that it would refer ACTA to the European Court of Justice to assess whether it complied with fundamental EU rights... Read more

28 March, 2012 by David Meyer
ACTA to be examined by top EU court

ACTA to be examined by top EU court

...does comply with existing EU laws. ACTA will be referred to the European Court of Justice to check that it complies with existing EU laws... Read more

22 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Courts cannot order ISPs to filter P2P, ECJ rules

...ISPs to filter out copyright-infringing file-sharing from their networks, the European Court of Justice has said. Courts in the EU may not order... Read more

24 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Home Office consults on interception law

...consultation on UK privacy and interception law, after being referred to the European Court of Justice over its response to behavioural advertising tests. The Home... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ECJ blocks bid to force social networks to monitor users

...networks to filter out copyright-infringing content posted by their members, the European Court of Justice has said. Courts in Europe cannot order social networks... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Google Translate to tackle European patents

...scheme across the continent. Although the most recent failure resulted from the European Court of Justice's opinion that a central EU patent court would... Read more

29 March, 2011 by David Meyer

UK interception law consultation excludes civil groups

...of the European Commission's referral of the UK government to the European Court of Justice over poor implementation of European data protection laws. The... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Jack Clark

Web blocking could be illegal, says top EU legal adviser

...protection and freedom of information, advocate general Pedro Cruz Villalón told the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday. "The installation of that filtering and... Read more

15 April, 2011 by David Meyer

GUIs can be copy-protected, rules ECJ

Graphical user interfaces come under European copyright law, the European Court of Justice has ruled. GUIs are covered by the Information Society... Read more

7 January, 2011

ECJ says Everything Everywhere liable for £4m tax bill

The European Court of Justice has told Everything Everywhere, the merged operations of T... Read more

3 December, 2010

Europe blocks UK bid to gain visa data

...a passport, British authorities will be excluded following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. "We are disappointed in the court's... Read more

8 November, 2010 by Kable

EU mobile roaming caps legal and fair, says court

...mobile roaming charge cap imposed by the European Commission is legal, the European Court of Justice has ruled. The cap cut average prices by more... Read more

9 June, 2010 by David Meyer

ACTA sees official referral to ECJ over rights

...has officially referred the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, to the European Court of Justice. The Commission said in February that it intended to... Read more

14 May, 2012

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