1999

NIR 1 / 1999

Kvalifikation af edb-programrettigheder.

The qualification of rights to computer programs

Hanne Bender

Upphovsrättsligt skydd för datorprograms användargränssnitt - utvecklingen i amerikansk praxis.

Per Jonas Nordell

49 § URL - en EG-rättsvidrig skvader?

Section 49 of the Swedish Copyright Act - a capercaillie-hare contratary to EG-law

Gunnar Karnell

Sui generis rett - betydningen av begrepene "gjengivelse" og "viderebruk" med forutsetningen om en "vesentlig investering" vudert "kvalitivt og/eller kvantitativt" i databasedirektivet.

Sui generis right - the meaning within the data base directive of the notions "extraction" and "reutalisation" with the prerequisite about a qualitatively and/or quantatively "substantial investment"

Henrik A. Jensen

Datorprogram och patentskydd - utvecklingen av svensk rättspraxis i belysning av främst EPO-praxis.

Computer programs and patent protection - Swedish case law developments foremost in the light of EPO-decisions

Lennarth Törnroth

Rätten att framställa exemplar och temporär lagring i nätverksmiljö.

The right to produce copies and temporary storage in a digital net-environment

Katariina Rajala

Opphavsrett i oppdragsforhold.

Commission and copyright

Olav Torvund

Shrinkwrap - och clickwrap-avtal i svensk och internationell rätt.

Shrink-wrap and "click-wrap" agreements in Swedish and international law

Mikael Pawlo

Mjukvara, marknader och missbruk.

Software, markets and illegitimate uses

Dan Eklöf

Licensiering av programvara ur ett konkurrensrättsligt perspektiv.

Licensing of software from a copetiotion law perspective

Magdalena Jerner

Europaparlamentets och rådets direktiv nr 96/9/EG av den 11 mars 1996 om rättsligt skydd för databaser - en icke-officiell nyöversättning av svenska språket, till ledning för rättstillämpning och rättsvetenskap.

Directive 96/9/EG of the European Parliment and of the Council of March 11 1996 on the protection of databases - a non official re-translation to Swedish - in the service of the application of law and legal research

Gunnar Karnell

Litteratur

Literature

Gunnar Karnell, Per Jonas Nordell

Notiser

New items

Niklas Bruun, Ella Mikkola, Per Jonas Nordell, Henry Olsson

Fra norsk rettspraksis

Norwegian court decisions

Ur svensk rättspraxis

Swedish court decisions

Axel Edling, Staffan Eklöw, Christina Folkeson, Christina Helgesson, Ulf Isaksson, Matilda Karlander

NIR 2 / 1999

Utvecklingen

Developments

Helén Selemark

Vurdering av opphavsrettslig krenkelse av datamaskinprogrammer - et praktisk perspektiv

Appraisement of copyright in infringements in rights to computer programs in a practival perspective

Jon Bing

Utländskt firma - och varumärkesskydd i Sverige med utgångspunkt i Pariskonventionens artikel 8

Protection of foreign trade names an trademarks in Sweden from the viewpoint of article 8 of the Paris Convention

Matilda Karlander

Aktuell svensk domnännamnspraxis

Domain names in current Swedish practice

Mikael Pawlo

Debatt. Bör praxisskapande myndigheter i skrift delge tankekedjan mot bakgrund av Regeringsrättens senaste domar

Debate. Should - against the background of the latest decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court - authorities that establish precedents communicate their claims of thoughts in writing

Peter Kylin

Litteratur

Literature

Gunnar Karnell, Per Håkon Schmidt, Stig Strömholm

Notiser

News Items

Ulf Bernitz, Helén Selemark

Fra dansk domspraksis

Danish cases

Fra norsk rettspraksis

Norwegian cases

Ur svensk rättspraxis

Swedish cases

Gunnar Karnell, Ragnar Lundgren, Thomas Randes

NIR 3 / 1999

Utvecklingen

Developments

Astri M. Lund, Helén Selemark

Equivalance in Patents, the Helsinki Symposium organised by the Finnish Group of AIPPI 7-9 March 1999

The Development of Equivalence in Legal Theory and Case Law in Germany before and after EPC.

Joseph Straus

Litteratur

Literature

Claës Uggla

Europanytt

European news items

Astri M. Lund, Helén Selemark

Notiser

News items

Gunnar Karnell, Rolf Nöteberg, Henry Olsson, Helén Selemark

Fra dansk domspraksis

Danish cases

Fra norsk rettspraksis

Norwegian cases

Ur svensk rättspraxis

Swedish cases

NIR 4 / 1999

Medvirkensansvaret for ophavsretskraenkelser på Internet.

Contributory responsibility for copyright infringement on the Internet

Kasper Heine

Immaterialrettigheder/patenter ved ægtefælle- og dødsboskifte.

Intellectual property at the division of joint property between husband and wift as well as of estates of deceased persons

Lise Dybdahl

Legal protection of biotechnological inventions - Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions.

Anders Nyberg

The Biotech Directive from a Finnish point of view.

Jouni V.T. Heitto

Inblick i amerikansk patenterbarhet av datorprogramrelaterade uppfinningar.

A look into U.S. patentability of computer related inventions

Ola Küller

Notiser

News items

Gunnar Karnell, Henry Olsson, Helén Selemark

Fra dansk domspraksis

Danish cases

Fra norsk rettspraksis

Norwegian cases

Ur svensk rättspraxis

Swedish cases

Notiser

Distinctiveness for non-traditional trademarks and the inherent distinctiveness for surface patterns (PMCA, PMÄ 14666-22)

Rättsfall | Sverige

In this case regarding a trademark application for a geometrical figure as a surface pattern, the PMCA provide guidelines in relation to distinctiveness in relation to surface trademarks, and particularly the assessment for its inherited distinctiveness. This case further elaborates on the responsibilities an applicant holds in relation to showing distinctiveness for signs, patterns or products that are not typically associated with being trademarks.

The balance of the law on the peace of the maritime grave at the wreck of Estonia and the journalistic interest (the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, B 5637-22)

Rättsfall | Sverige

The balance of the law on the peace of the maritime grave at the wreck of Estonia and the journalistic interest (the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, B 5637-22) Filip Jerneke and Stefan Widmark Introduction In this case, two persons were convicted for offence against the law on the peace of the maritime grave at the wreck of the passenger vessel Estonia after diving close to and filming the wreck for the purpose of making a documentary film. In this context, the most interesting aspect is how the court draws the line between the peace of the maritime grave and the journalistic interest.

Gross defamation – similar statements in different media resulting in different judgements (Stockholm District Court, B 568-21 and Svea Court of Appeal B 374-20)

Rättsfall | Sverige

Whether defamation is made in constitutionally protected or other media can have decisive effect. This is shown in two judgments from Stockholm District Court and the Svea Court of Appeal. The cases concern similar statements made relatively close in time by a woman about a man. However, the woman was convicted in one case but acquitted in the other.

Jaguar replica sportscar does not constitute copyright infringement

Rättsfall | Sverige

This case concerns a dispute between international car manufacturer Jaguar and a Swedish company, as well as the company's two owners, regarding allegations of copyright infringement in the defendants' production of a replica Jaguar C-Type sportscar.(1) The second-instance Patent and Market Court of Appeal reversed the first instance-court's decision and found that the replica did not constitute copyright infringement on two unusual grounds:

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