Articles

Jens L. Gaster
European Community Patent
The quest for a common approach on the revision of the European Patent System

William Friedman
The Good Guys Win in the Movies.
The Second Circuit Hands the Movie Studios a Big Win Against Decryption Programs

Sunny Handa
Retransmission of Television Broadcasts on the Internet
The Canadian Case of JumpTV.com Canada Inc.


Case Law

Constitutionality of DMCA Anti-Trafficing Provisions
Universal City Studios, Inc. et al. v. Eric Corley et al.
US Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Decision issued on 28th November 2001

Transmittal of Unsolicited E-Mail as Trespass to Chattel?
Intel Corporation v. Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi
US Court of Appeals of the State of California
Decision issued on 10th December 2001


Updates

Rosa Julia Barceló
Spain: Case Law Establishing Levies on Digital Media

Karin G. Retzer
Germany: Copyright Levies on Scanners

Ann-Charlotte Högberg
Sweden: Use of Search Engines Illegal?

Andrey Rumyantsev
Russia: New Digital Signature Law

Luis C. Schmidt/Vanessa Barroso
Privacy Issues under Mexican Law