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IP Newsletter - China/Hong Kong

IPunkt IP-Newsletter (German IP Newsletter)

  • we advised a large, Japanese video games manufacturer on a worldwide strategy to prevent the production in China and subsequent sale in Europe of counterfeit game cards

  • we acted for three of the largest video games manufacturers in simultaneous actions against the largest online supplier of circumvention devices, including obtaining and executing three simultaneous Anton Piller Orders and Mareva injunctions

  • we acted for major film production studios in stopping unauthorised downloading, digitalisation and on-line distribution of films and television series

  • we are advising  the German government about database and copyright issues with particular reference to electronic publishing

  • we advised major financial services companies in relation to databases of financial information and credit ratings and a major newspaper group in relation to databases online

  • we provide a large UK newspaper publisher with all its intellectual property advice in the UK

  • we advised in relation to copyright in a classic children’s novel

  • we are advising Europe's largest independent television production company, in a dispute concerning the television formats

  • we advised Hg Capital on the rights issues arising out of the acquisition of Boosey & Hawkes, the largest independent classical music catalogue in the world, and its subsequent acquisition

  • we are acting for the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong in a dispute with the magazine publisher M-Channel about licence fees before the High Court of Hong Kong

  • we are acting for a major video game company to take action against P2P online games.