The law firm MUSAT & ASOCIATII was involved in a project which materialised in an important decision in the field of intellectual property law in Romania
Bucharest Tribunal anticipates a ruling of the European Court of Justice delivered in the field of intellectual property rights regarding the standing to bring legal proceedings of an entity for the collective representation of multiple right holders. The lawyers from Mușat & Asociații advised the claimant.
1. On 28 June 2018, the Bucharest Tribunal ruled on an application for interlocutory injunction by firstly ruling through Judgment no. 1557/2018 on the standing to bring legal proceedings of an anti-piracy agency mandated by several holders of copyright and neighbouring rights to initiate proceedings in their name and on their behalf.
In the case at hand, the anti-piracy agency, whose business scope was to protect copyright and fight against pirated files sharing, lodged an application in the name and on behalf of the right holders who mandated it to initiate proceedings against an Internet service provider which intermediated a piracy activity.
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