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Private Copying from Illegal Sources & Three Step Test

Some of Huťko’ s readers may remember case ACI et al. v Stichting de Thuiskopie from 19th of March 2009, where District Court of the Hage held that downloading from illegal sources is an infringement because of the three step test. Huťko just learned that case was overturned by the Court of Appeal (cited bellow

Posted in CR, data retention, DE, EU, privacy, SK

Data Retention Status Quo in Slovakia

On the 4th of October, European Information Society Institute filled a complaint (in Slovak bellow) to General Prosecution of the Slovak Republic (Generálna prokuratúra SR) concerning unconstitutionality of the data retention law in Slovakia. It has now two months to scrutinize the complaint and thoroughly assess whether to file a complaint to the Constitutional Court

Posted in copyright, CR, software

GA Delivered Opinion in C-393/09

As Huťko previously reported in January (background of the case), the Supreme Administrative Court of Czech Republic referred following questions to the Court of Justice: 1. Should Article 1(2) of Council Directive 91/250/EEC 1 of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs be interpreted as meaning that, for the purposes of the

Posted in domain names, SK, trade marks

The First Supreme Court Decision on Domain Names

Huťko is happy to announce the existence of the first domain name ruling rendered by Supreme Court of Slovak republic (Najvyšší Súd SR). It is a usual trademark dispute with really unusually filed action. Huťko apologize for not attaching decision itself (3 Obo 197/06), but the Supreme Court decided to sent him only paper version.

Posted in domain names, SK

New Rules for ccTLD .sk are Being Discussed

Slovak top level domain name registry SK-NIC has launched small consultation on new general terms and conditions that are part of every domain name contract in the ccTLD .sk. (the current ones here). These provisions should be subject to discussion by respective Commission in a few forthcoming days. European Information Society Institute – EISI together

Posted in EISI, mylife

European Information Society Institute – EISI

Dear readers, Huťko sincerely apologize for almost four weeks-long silence but there was something really exciting he was working on. That something, as a headline already suggests, is European Information Society Institute (EISI). EISI is a new Slovak non-profit organization devoted to assist better information society to grow. In other words, EISI will be the

Posted in copyright, Court of Justice, search engines

Infopaq II. is Coming to the Court of Justice

This is really exciting news. Infopaq v. Danish Daily Newspaper Publishers’ Association litigation is probably not over. Indeed, Danish court has addressed Court of Justice with another bundle of highly interesting questions. So after very interesting Infopaq I. C-05/08 decision, let’s see what Court of Justice have to say about Infopaq II. C-302/10 questions in

Posted in mylife, search engines, trade marks

Keyword advertising presentation

Huťko is really honored for the opportunity to deliver a short presentation on the keyword advertising he had at the Leibniz University in Hannover during his Summer School on IT law. As promised therein, here are the resources. It is really symbolic that Google announced change of the AdWords trademark policy in Europe on the

Posted in e-government, SK

New Legislative Intent Concerning eGovernment in Slovakia

Huťko would like to drawn attention of his Slovak/Czech speaking audience to the legislative intent of Electronic Public Administration Act which is available at the website of the Ministry of Justice. Legislative intent is currently in the intra-department comment procedure until the end of July 2010. If you are in charge of any state power

Posted in intellectual property, mylife, mytravels

WIPO Summer School

Having lemon flavored BECK´s at the Mannheim´s Bahnhof, Huťko has finally managed to save some time for his blog readers. WIPO Summer School on Intellectual Property 2010 held in Geneva is irreversibly over, but pleasant feelings and new friendships will hopefuly remain. This post is going to be more about what the