Related national case laws

• The Spanish Competition Commission issues a report on the management of IP rights by collecting societies and concludes that their monopolistic position facilitates the distortion of effective competition
  17 February 2010
• The Spanish National Competition Commission fines collecting societies for the second time in two years for abuse of dominance in their management of intellectual property rights (AGEDI)
  11 February 2009
• A German court holds that reciprocal representation agreements concluded between national collecting societies are not void for breach of Art. 81 EC (GEMA / BUMA, STEMRA)
  10 December 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a financial penalty on an authors’ association for a late compliance with a previous cease and desist order (ZAiKS)
  28 August 2008
• The Dutch competition authority clears a collective performance rights organisation of allegations of price discrimination and excessive pricing (Fresh FM - Buma)
  25 June 2008
• The Polish Supreme Court confirms that the Authors’ Association falls within the scope of national competition law provisions (ZaiKS)
  13 August 2008
• The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection conducts anti-trust proceedings against the Polish Authors’ Association in order to stop alleged monopolist practices (ZAiKS)
  11 December 2007
• The Swedish Market Court makes a preliminary reference to the ECJ on copyright management by collecting societies (Kanal 5 and TV 4)
  9 May 2007
• The Spanish Competition Court establishes that a collecting society has abused its dominant position by discriminating two TV operators but rejects plaintiffs’ claims that prices were excessive (AGEDI)
  27 September 2006
• A Spanish Commercial Court establishes that a collecting society did not abuse its dominant position by refusing to provide special rates to a pay-TV digital platform (Canal Satélite Digital - DTS / SGAE)
  20 December 2006
• Polish Competition authorities examine the dominant position abuse of an authors’ association on the national music copyright collective management market (ZAiKS)
  1 July 2006
• A Spanish Court clears the main national collecting society’s pricing practice (Canal Satélite Digital - DTS / SGAE)
  16 June 2006
• A Spanish Court dismisses an application brought by a pay-TV against the Spanish copyright collecting society for breach of Art. 82 EC (Canal Satélite Digital - DTS / SGAE)
  8 March 2006
• A Belgian Court applies Art. 82 EC and holds that the national copyright management society abused its dominant position while relying on an EC Commission written opinion delivered in the assistance procedure (SABAM / Productions & Marketing)
  14 September 2006
• The Brussels Court of Appeals ruled that the major Belgian collecting society has abused its dominant position under Art. 82 EU after having received an opinion from the EC Commission (SABAM / Productions & Marketing)
  23 April 2006
• The Greek competition authority considers that the Greek Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property has abused its dominant position on the market for the administration of the intellectual property rights of Greek and foreign composers (AEPI)
  4 February 2006
• A Belgian Court applies Art. 82 EC and holds that the national copyright management society abused its dominant position while relying on an EC Commission written opinion delivered in the assistance procedure (SABAM / Productions & Marketing)
  14 September 2006
• The Brussels Court of Appeals ruled that the major Belgian collecting society has abused its dominant position under Art. 82 EU after having received an opinion from the EC Commission (SABAM / Productions & Marketing)
  23 April 2006
• The Greek competition authority considers that the Greek Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property has abused its dominant position on the market for the administration of the intellectual property rights of Greek and foreign composers (AEPI)
  18 February 2009
• The Dutch competition authority clears a collective performance rights organisation of allegations of price discrimination and excessive pricing (Fresh FM - Buma)
  27 January 2009
• The Spanish National Competition Commission fines collecting societies for the second time in two years for abuse of dominance in their management of intellectual property rights (AGEDI)
  11 February 2009
• The Polish Competition Authority imposes a financial penalty on an authors’ association for a late compliance with a previous cease and desist order (ZAiKS)
  28 August 2008
• The Polish Supreme Court confirms that the Authors’ Association falls within the scope of national competition law provisions (ZaiKS)
  13 August 2008
• The Dutch competition authority clears a collective performance rights organisation of allegations of price discrimination and excessive pricing (Fresh FM - Buma)
  25 June 2008
• The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection conducts anti-trust proceedings against the Polish Authors’ Association in order to stop alleged monopolist practices (ZAiKS)
  11 December 2007
• The Swedish Market Court makes a preliminary reference to the ECJ on copyright management by collecting societies (Kanal 5 and TV 4)
  9 May 2007
• A Spanish Commercial Court establishes that a collecting society did not abuse its dominant position by refusing to provide special rates to a pay-TV digital platform (Canal Satélite Digital - DTS / SGAE)
  20 December 2006
• The Spanish Competition Court establishes that a collecting society has abused its dominant position by discriminating two TV operators but rejects plaintiffs’ claims that prices were excessive (AGEDI)
  27 September 2006
• A Belgian Court applies Art. 82 EC and holds that the national copyright management society abused its dominant position while relying on an EC Commission written opinion delivered in the assistance procedure (SABAM / Productions & Marketing)
  14 September 2006
• Polish Competition authorities examine the dominant position abuse of an authors’ association on the national music copyright collective management market (ZAiKS)
  1 July 2006
• A Spanish Court clears the main national collecting society’s pricing practice (Canal Satélite Digital - DTS / SGAE)
  16 June 2006
• The Brussels Court of Appeals ruled that the major Belgian collecting society has abused its dominant position under Art. 82 EU after having received an opinion from the EC Commission (SABAM / Productions & Marketing)
  23 April 2006
• A Spanish Court dismisses an application brought by a pay-TV against the Spanish copyright collecting society for breach of Art. 82 EC (Canal Satélite Digital - DTS / SGAE)
  8 March 2006
• The Greek competition authority considers that the Greek Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property has abused its dominant position on the market for the administration of the intellectual property rights of Greek and foreign composers (AEPI)
  4 February 2006
• The Polish Supreme Court confirms that the Authors’ Association falls within the scope of national competition law provisions (ZaiKS)
  20 January 2009
• The Spanish Competition Commission issues a report on the management of IP rights by collecting societies and concludes that their monopolistic position facilitates the distortion of effective competition
  17 February 2010
• A German court holds that reciprocal representation agreements concluded between national collecting societies are not void for breach of Art. 81 EC (GEMA / BUMA, STEMRA)
  10 December 2009
• The Spanish National Competition Commission fines collecting societies for the second time in two years for abuse of dominance in their management of intellectual property rights (AGEDI)
  11 February 2009
• The Dutch competition authority clears a collective performance rights organisation of allegations of price discrimination and excessive pricing (Fresh FM - Buma)
  27 January 2009
• The Polish Supreme Court confirms that the Authors’ Association falls within the scope of national competition law provisions (ZaiKS)
  15 January 2009
• The Swedish Market Court makes a preliminary reference to the ECJ on copyright management by collecting societies (Kanal 5 and TV 4)
  9 May 2007
• A Spanish Court dismisses an application brought by a pay-TV against the Spanish copyright collecting society for breach of Art. 82 EC (Canal Satélite Digital - DTS / SGAE)
  18 February 2009