Tag Archives: Joined

Immunity of Members of the European Parliament: Joined Cases C-200/07 and C-201/07

Heres a rather curious but interesting case dealing with the immunity from suit of Members of the European Parliament. The Court of Justice held in Joined Cases C-200/07 and C-201/07 Marra v. De Gregorio and Clemente that in principle Members… … Continue reading

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Plaintiff’s Controlling Shareholder Joined as Necessary Party for Potential Attorney Fees Liability

Following summary judgment, the court granted defendant's motion to join plaintiff's founder/inventor as a necessary party and pursue attorney fees against him under 35 U.S.C. § 285. "There is no evidence in the record that establishes that [plaintiff] currently has … Continue reading

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Court leaves thousands of BitTorrent copyright infringement defendants joined in single action

Call of the Wild Movie v. Does 1 – 1,062 – F.Supp.2d -, 2011 WL 996786 (D.D.C. March 22, 2011) One of the craziest things about the copyright infringement lawsuits that have been brought against BitTorrent users accused of trading … Continue reading

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Privileges of Public Shareholders, Italian Civil Code and Free Movement of Capital: Joined Cases C-4

In its important new judgment in Joined Cases C-463/04 and C-464/04 Federconsumatori and others v. Comune di Milano the Court of Justice held that a provision of the Italian Civil Code that permits the state and public bodies to participate… … Continue reading

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