Early skirmishes in an important abuse of dominance case relating to app developers and mobile platforms reveal little significance as to the strength of the arguments but much crucial importance in the questions being put to the Court as regards the future of these markets. Two important preliminary judgments in Unlockd’s battle with Google provide some insights into this important case, which will continue despite Unlockd’s move into voluntary administration following the judgments. / read more

Disney has suffered a potentially devastating setback in its legal effort to stop Redbox from selling digital codes to Disney films. A federal Court in California denied Disney’s request for a preliminary injunction against Redbox on the grounds that Disney has engaged in copyright misuse, an affirmative defense to Disney’s contributory copyright infringement and other related claims. / read more

The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) has issued a preliminary ruling on the appropriate jurisdiction for a claim arising out of online defamation, finding that a claimant can take legal action for all damage claimed, and for a takedown injunction, in the country where it has its centre of interests. / read more

The court granted a preliminary injunction ordering the redirection of traffic from websites run by the defendants containing allegedly copyright infringing material. / read more

The trial of a preliminary issue in a libel action between Lord McAlpine and Sally Bercow, involved the determination of the meaning of words complained of in a tweet and whether that meaning was defamatory. / read more

The court ruled that a private blogger, who commented about the relationship of Norwegian celebrities, would have to remove the post and all references to it, in a case that highlights an interesting balance between the right to privacy and free speech. / read more

Court rules ‘Near Video on Demand’ service is a ‘Television broadcast service’ within the TVwF Directive. / read more

OFCOM sends statement of objections to BT over residential broadband pricing

Press Release dated 01/09/04

Preliminary finding from OFCOM that BT has abused its dominant position / read more

Use of customer information - restrictive rules suspended. / read more

Plaintiff-appelle represented by Lynn H. Pasahow, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen

Defendants-appellants represented by Jonathan A. Marshall, Pennie & Edmonds. / read more