The European Commission has adopted revised rules governing the application of EU competition law to technology transfer agreements, namely the updated Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation...

On 22 December 2010, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") declined jurisdiction to answer a question for a preliminary ruling referred by the Licensing and Control Authority (Collège d’autorisation et de contrôle) of the Belgian French-speaking Broadcasting Authority (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel).

The European Commission published a revised Regulation on the application of Article 101(3) TFEU to categories of technology transfer agreements.

On 12 December 2018, the EU General Court dismissed the application for annulment which Canal + SA had brought against a European Commission decision that had made commitments offered by Paramount Pictures Ltd ...

Collective management organisations ("CMOs") represent the combined copyrights of their members, with one society typically managing a given right or set of rights for all artists in a given country...

On 25 March 2019, the European Commission ("Commission") announced its decision to fine Nike € 12,555,000 for limiting the ability of licensees to sell licensed merchandising products to other EEA countries.

SABAM considered that SBS makes an act of communication to the public and, as such, is responsible to secure a licence from (and pay the relevant licence fee to) right holders.

On 7 July 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") issued its judgment on a request for a preliminary ruling from the Paris Court of Appeal.

On 9 December 2014, the Paris Court of Appeal made a request for a preliminary ruling to the ECJ for clarification.

On 26 July 2016, the Commission made legally binding the commitments offered by Paramount Pictures as it considered that they adequately addressed its concerns regarding specific contractual clauses restricting passive sales.

The judgment responds to a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Landgericht (Regional Court) Düsseldorf in Germany (the "Landgericht") dated March 21, 2013.

On 19 September 2013, Advocate General Sharpston issued an opinion following a request for a preliminary ruling from an Italian court concerning the legality of Nintendo’s technical protection measures by which that party blocked third-party accessories to its gaming consoles.

The underlying national proceedings pitted two Chinese telecommunications firms, Huawei and ZTE, against each other.

On 16 September 2015, the Court of Appeal of Brussels applied the reasoning adopted by the Court of Justice of the European Union in UsedSoft to a case relating to the delivery of defective software programs.

On 14 December 2010, the Commission adopted revised horizontal guidelines laying down detailed rules on the assessment of co-operation between competitors.

The transformative nature of artificial intelligence means it will continue to be a live issue this year, with attention also on the UPC, SEP licensing and platform liability.