Quarrel about Movie Rights to the Book Joe Speedboot

Judgment of the Court of Amsterdam, 19 March 2008
Is the Book Always Better than the Movie?
Stanley Kubrick’s movie classic The Shining featuring Jack Nicholson as the terrifying “Here’s Johnny!” could be an exception. …read more

Cross-Border Injunction Prohibiting Sale of Infringing Products Through the Internet

A discussion of the judgment of the Court of Appeal of The Hague, 20 March 2008, Vitra Collection AG et al. versus Classic Design et al.

The Dispute

Vitra holds the copyright to the Lounge Chair, the Ottoman and the Aluminium Chair that were designed and made public in 1956 by Ray and Charles Eames. Besides …read more