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DATABASE LAW 

Andreas Wiebe
Database Protection in Europe in the Aftermath of 
William Hill and Fixtures (p. 38)
An analysis of the European Database Law in view of the landmark
rulings of the ECJ  regarding the Database Directive 96/6 

Andreas Leupold
Was bedeuten die EuGH-Urteile „Fixtures Marketing“ 
und „William Hill“ für den Datenbankschutz? (p. 45)

European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber), 
9 November 2004, Fixtures Marketing Ltd v 
Organismos prognostikon agonon podosfairou AE
(OPAP), Case C-444/02 (p. 48)

European Court of Justice  (Grand Chamber), 
9 November 2004, The British Horseracing Board Ltd
and Others v William Hill Organization Ltd 
Case C-203/02 (p. 51)

PATENT PROTECTION

Roman Heidinger
Patent Protection of Software in Europe (p. 57)
The article gives an account of the case-law of the EPO boards
of appeal concerning software related patents and deals with the 
proposal for the EU Directive on the Patentability of Computer
implemented Inventions.

Mathias Strasser
Software Patents: An Overview of Key Cases in the United States (p. 66)
The article provides a brief overview of the U.S. legal framework
governing software patents.

The ‘Loi Evin’ before the Court of Justice (p. 69)

COPYRIGHT LAW

Markus Fallenböck
From Anticircumvention Provisions to Intermediary Liability:
Digital Rights Management Legislation in Europe 
and the U.S – Part II (p. 70)
The interplay between legal protection for technological 
measures and  the fair use principle/exceptions for
private use in copyright law.

Commission Probes the Collective Licensing of
Music Copyrights for Online Use (p. 74)

Private Copy Levies Schemes and the 
EU Copyright Directive (p. 74)

COMPETITION LAW

European Court of Justice, 29 April 2004, 
IMS Health GmbH & Co OHG/NDC Health GmbH & Co KG,
Case C-418/01 (p. 75)

Sony/BMG Merger Cleared by the Commission (p. 77)
 
MEDIA LAW

Peter Urbanek
The Media Landscape in Poland: Radio and TV (p. 79)
The Polish media market in the area of radio and tv,  statutory
provisions and perspectives for the media market development

Legal Business 

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz (p. 84)

Book Review 

L. Ritter/W.D. Brown, European Competition Law: A Practitioner’s
Guide, 3rd ed. (Kluwer Law International) (p. 62)

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