The IPKat: contrasting national provisions

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Results for contrasting national provisions

CJEU says that spas must pay copyright fees and that territorial monopoly of collecting societies is OK

Copyright + Spa = The perfect getaway It seems it was just yesterday that Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston issued her Opinion in Ca...

Eleonora Rosati - Thursday, February 27, 2014

CJEU says that spas must pay copyright fees and that territorial monopoly of collecting societies is OK

Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati on Thursday, February 27, 2014 Rating: 5

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