Events

Jaani Riordan speaks at CIPIL1 December 2016“Hyperlinking and website blocking injunctions: recent copyright case law from the European and English courts” Jaani’s lecture critically evaluated recent case law concerning internet copyright infringement and online intermediaries. Its focus will be the decision of the CJEU in GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV (Case C-160/15, EU:C:2016:644), which concerns the liability of […]
Jaani Riordan speaks at the International Copyright Law Conference in London28 November 2016On 28 November 2016, Jaani Riordan delivered a talk to the IBC International Copyright Conference in East London. His talk considered recent case law of the CJEU concerning the right of communication to the public, culminating in the decision of Case C-160/15 GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV (8 September 2016). He also […]
Eleonora Rosati gives copyright talks at various conferences24 November 2016Eleonora Rosati has spoken on various copyright issues in recent lectures. On 22 and 23 November, Eleonora spoke in Sofia (Bulgaria) at a workshop on copyright in the digital age, organised by WIPO the World Intellectual Property Organisation. The topics included – Publishers, Libraries and Archives in the 21st Century; and Creators in the Digital […]
8 New Square awarded IP, IT and Media set of the year by The Legal 500 UK25 October 2016 The Legal 500 UK announced yesterday that they have have awarded 8 New Square Set of the Year in IP, IT and Media & Entertainment, .
New book on intermediary liability launched26 September 2016 8 New Square congratulates junior tenant Jaani Riordan on the publication of a major new textbook entitled The Liability of Internet Intermediaries.  The work was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. To celebrate the recent publication of the book, Chambers hosted a launch party at Somerset House, London, which was attended by a number […]