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1. The provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which constitutes Annex 1C to the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) signed at Marrrakesh on 15 April 1994 and approved by Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the... [Read All]

1. A hotel operator which provides in guest bedrooms televisions and/or radios to which it distributes a broadcast signal is a ‘user’ making a ‘communication to the public’ of a phonogram which may be played in a broadcast for the purposes of Article 8(2) of Directive 2006/11... [Read All]

1. Article 6(1) of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts must be interpreted as meaning that, when assessing whether a contract concluded with a consumer by a trader which contains one or more unfair terms can continue to exist without those terms, the cou... [Read All]

Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 - Volkswagen v OHIM - Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi)   (Case T-63/09)    (Community Trade Mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi - Earlier international and national marks GTI - Relative grounds f... [Read All]

Judgment of the General Court of 29 March 2012 - Telefónica and Telefónica de España v Commission   (Case T-336/07)    (Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Spanish markets for access to broadband internet - Decision declaring an infringement of A... [Read All]

The concept of ‘optional price supplements’, referred to in the last sentence of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community, must be interpreted as mea... [Read All]

The third subparagraph of Article 12(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration must be interpreted as meaning that, in a situation whe... [Read All]

Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the.eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration (Text with EEA relevance)   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to... [Read All]

1. Article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that an embassy of a third State situated in a Member State is an ‘establishment’ wit... [Read All]

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having reg... [Read All]