by manuel.roche | Jul 31, 2017 | All, Copyright, Trademarks
The French Cour de cassation, the highest civil court in France, recently issued a decision about how a concept can be protected through intellectual property rights. It is interesting to study this decision to be reminded that, although it is not impossible,...
by manuel.roche | Jun 21, 2017 | All, Copyright, Designs
If there are at least 7 differences between two designs, there is no counterfeiting. Wrong! The designs are compared according to their similarities and the overall impression they produce on an informed user. If the overall impressions are the same, copying or...
by manuel.roche | Feb 15, 2017 | All, Copyright, Internet, Trademarks
A few months ago, we commented the judgment of the Court of First instance of Paris of 29 January 2016 which denied copyright protection to promotional pictures of flowers published on an e-commerce web site because of their lack of originality (here). Before the...
by manuel.roche | Jan 12, 2017 | All, Copyright, Designs, Internet, Patents, Trademarks
Although they do not provide any legal protection, Soleau envelopes, named after their inventor, are a low-cost way of ascertaining the date of one’s creations in France. Until now, creations were to be carefully described in two identical copies each of them...
by manuel.roche | Oct 26, 2016 | All, Copyright
He did try before the French courts… and failed. Over the past years, [INSCRIPTA] published several articles and news about colourful copyright cases. There were rather intellectual cases like the one involving William Faulkner and Woody Allen’s movie “Midnight...
