{"id":937,"date":"2024-02-05T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/?page_id=937"},"modified":"2024-12-18T12:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:12:40","slug":"commentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/?page_id=937","title":{"rendered":"Notes & Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport and the EU \u2013 a crisis in the making?<\/a><\/h4>\n

As the world of sport grew in economic importance through the 1980s, it became apparent that a specialised tribunal for the resolution of disputes could be of value. In 1983, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) set up the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for that purpose. The CAS achieved its current structure in [\u2026]<\/p>\n

AG Szpunar extends a generous hand to foreign authors<\/a><\/h4>\n
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In her IPKat article of yesterday, Prof. Eleanor Rosati explains the Opinion of AG Szpunar, published on 5 September 2024, in the pending CJEU case Kwantum Nederland BV, Kwantum Belgi\u00eb BV v Vitra Collections AG (Case C\u2011227\/23).  As she says, it is an important opinion on the extent of national treatment of foreign authors. I imagine the Court will [\u2026]<\/p>\n

When copyright protects more than economic interests<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Yesterday the Rights Alliance, Denmark\u2019s very effective anti-piracy organization, published a news item about an unusual piracy case implicating the moral rights of performers under the copyright law. In May 2023, the Rights Alliance became aware of the appearance on Reddit of compilations of scenes from films featuring Danish actresses, showing the performers naked or in scenes [\u2026]<\/p>\n

What Is Arbitrator Bias? (or: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished)<\/a><\/h4>\n

In February 2024 the High Court in London handed down a decision to remove an arbitrator in a film industry dispute, which, in addition to illustrating the importance of insurance in the production sector, illuminated a paradoxical issue in commercial arbitration: if the parties appoint a subject-matter expert to decide their dispute, does the arbitrator [\u2026]<\/p>\n

What is a \u201cEuropean work\u201d? A hole in the AVMS Directive and a footnote on arbitration<\/a><\/h4>\n
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On 29 November 2023 the European Audiovisual Observatory organised a conference in Brussels, \u201cThe promotion of European works according to the AVMSD: where do we stand?\u201d The conference was intended to launch a new Observatory publication, \u201cThe Promotion of European Works\u201d.  Video of the proceedings is accessible here.  As a result of the discussion, I [\u2026]<\/p>\n

Pre-appointment Disclosure – a debatable amendment to the UK's Arbitration Act 1996<\/a><\/h4>\n

On 6 September 2023, the Law Commission for England and Wales published its Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: Final report and Bill. The Commission notes “the consensus that the Act works well, and that root and branch reform is not needed or wanted”, but nonetheless proposes amendments. One would insert a new section 23A [\u2026]<\/p>\n

Back to London<\/a><\/h4>\n
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   After nine and a half years at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, I have come back to London to practise as a lawyer, arbitrator and mediator.  I had lived in Brussels for several years when I worked at the Motion Picture Association, so I was accustomed to a French-speaking environment.  Although [\u2026]<\/p>\n

Note: as I am currently acting as a Counsellor at the World Intellectual Property Organization, I am not updating the GR Blog.<\/a><\/h4>\n

Microsoft Xbox One: Regulatory puzzles in a converging marketplace<\/a><\/h4>\n

On Thursday, 12 September 2013, the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Conference heard Nancy Tellem, Microsoft’s Entertainment & Digital Media President, explain the thinking behind the Microsoft Xbox One console, due for release on 22 November 2013. Xbox One is a “state of the art gaming console, a new generation TV and movie system, and a whole [\u2026]<\/p>\n

Ireland: Data Protection Commissioner loses in Supreme Court over GR<\/a><\/h4>\n

On 3 July 2013 the Irish Supreme Court gave its judgment in the appeal by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC”) in EMI Records (Ireland) Limited & ors v The Data Protection Commissioner [2013] IESC 34. Although this represents an endorsement of the voluntary graduated response scheme agreed between ISP Eircom and the record labels, the decision was [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Thomas Dillon<\/h3>\n

What is a \u201cEuropean work\u201d? A hole in the AVMS Directive and a footnote on arbitration<\/a><\/h4>\n

Friday 22 December 2023 On 29 November 2023 the\u00a0European Audiovisual Observatory\u00a0organised a conference in Brussels, \u201cThe promotion of European works according to the AVMSD: where do we stand?\u201d The conference was intended to launch a new Observatory publication, \u201cThe Promotion of European Works\u201d. \u00a0Video of the proceedings is accessible\u00a0here. \u00a0As a result of the discussion, […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Thomas Dillon<\/h3>\n

What is a \u201cEuropean work\u201d? A hole in the AVMS Directive and a footnote on arbitration<\/a><\/h4>\n

Friday 22 December 2023 On 29 November 2023 the\u00a0European Audiovisual Observatory\u00a0organised a conference in Brussels, \u201cThe promotion of European works according to the AVMSD: where do we stand?\u201d The conference was intended to launch a new Observatory publication, \u201cThe Promotion of European Works\u201d. \u00a0Video of the proceedings is accessible\u00a0here. \u00a0As a result of the discussion, […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Thomas Dillon<\/h3>\n

What is a \u201cEuropean work\u201d? A hole in the AVMS Directive and a footnote on arbitration<\/a><\/h4>\n

Friday 22 December 2023 On 29 November 2023 the\u00a0European Audiovisual Observatory\u00a0organised a conference in Brussels, \u201cThe promotion of European works according to the AVMSD: where do we stand?\u201d The conference was intended to launch a new Observatory publication, \u201cThe Promotion of European Works\u201d. \u00a0Video of the proceedings is accessible\u00a0here. \u00a0As a result of the discussion, […]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-937","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054,"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/937\/revisions\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dillon.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}