Online issues at the ECJ

01-01-2011

Anna Szajna and Maria Jurek

Since Poland’s accession to the EU, judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) have been part of the Polish law and are applied directly with priority to national law. Anna Szajna and Maria Jurek take a look at the key cases.

Since Poland’s accession to the EU, judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) have been part of the Polish law and are applied directly with priority to national law. Anna Szajna and Maria Jurek take a look at the key cases.

In 2010, there were many significant IP judgments, including Eis.de GmbH v BBY Portakabin v Primakabin, and others, all relating to keyword advertising and the Internet.

In Google joint cases C-236/08 and C-238/08, the court ruled that:


ECJ, Polish IP law, Google, L’Oréal, eBay, ISPs

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