Belgian newspapers v google news: 2-0

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 463-466

  Van Asbroeck, Benoit ^a   Cock, Maud ^a  

^a Bird and Bird LLP   (Belgium)

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EID: 56349099725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17471540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jiplp/jpm076     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Près.Civ.Brux., 5 September 2006. http://www.juriscom.net/jpt/visu.php?ID=901
2. See inter alia Field v Google, Inc. USD Nevada, 19 January 2006, http://www.eff.org/IP/blake_v_google/google_nevada_order.pdf
3. PrèsCivBrux, 22 September 2006.
4. PrèsCivBrux, 13 February 2007.
5. The exception of quotation for the purpose of review was very recently organized in the Belgian law (see law of 22 May 2005 modifying the law of 1994) and has not yet been the object of relevant case law and has not been raised in the preparatory works. (http://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=flwb&language=fr&rightmenu=right&cfm=/site/ wwwcfm/flwb/flwbn.cfm?lang=F&legislat=51&dossierID=1137).
6. See Le Petit Robert dictionary (under 'revue de presse').
7. In its factual background, the ruling of 5 September 2006 even describes Google News as a 'new functionality aiming to offer to web surfers a press review...'.
8. See the renowned Vocabulaire juridique, G. Cornu, PUF, 6th edition, 2004 (under 'citation').
9. Like the new French portal www.wikio.fr.
10. RSS being the initials of 'Really Simple Syndication' or 'Rich Site Summary'.
11. To quote Le Monde, 'The latest information published on Monde.fr can thus enrich your internet website automatically'. www.lemonde.fr.
12. eg Financial Times internet site, www.ft.com, www.lemonde.fr,www.lefigaro.fr.