- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Summary
- "In the European Union, courts have been expanding the enforcement of intellectual property rights by employing injunctions to compel intermediaries to provide assistance, despite no allegation of wrongdoing against these parties. These prospective injunctions, designed to prevent future harm, thus hold parties accountable where no liability exists. Effectively a new type of regulatory tool, these injunctions are distinct from the conventional secondary liability in tort. At present, they can be observed in orders to compel website blocking, content filtering, or disconnection, but going forward, their use is potentially unlimited. This book outlines the paradigmatic shift this entails for the future of the Internet and analyzes the associated legal and economic opportunities and problems"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge intellectual property and information law ; 41
- Uniform Title
- Injunctions against intermediaries in the European Union (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Injunctions against intermediaries in the European Union (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. Social and Economic Context: 1. Introduction to the problem; 2. Enforcement economics; Part II. European Framework: 3. Historical legislative developments; 4. European intermediary liability framework; Part III. Accountable But Not Liable: Injunctions for Assistance: 5. Right to third-party information; 6. Conditions for injunctions against intermediaries; 7. Scope of injunctions against intermediaries; 8. Limits of injunctions against intermediaries; Part IV. Legal Traditions: 9. Injunctions in civil law: Germany; 10. Injunctions in common law: England; Part V. Outlook and Conclusions: 11. Global context; 12. Conclusions.
- LCCN
- 2017034605
- OCLC
- ssj0001924272
- Author
Husovec, Martin.
- Title
Injunctions against intermediaries in the European Union [electronic resource] : accountable but not liable? / Martin Husovec.
- Imprint
Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Series
Cambridge intellectual property and information law ; 41
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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