Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpn v Newzbin Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtChancery Division
Neutral Citation[2010] EWHC 608 (Ch)
Year2010
Date2011

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  • Dramatico Entertainment Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others
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    • Chancery Division
    • 20 February 2012
    ...Ltd was found by Kitchin J to have infringed the claimants' copyrights on a large scale: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), [2010] FSR 21 (" 20C Fox v BT"). He granted an injunction against Newzbin Ltd to restrain further infringements of the claimants' copy......
  • EMI Records Ltd and Others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 28 February 2013
    ...Kitchin J (as he then was) to have infringed the claimants' copyrights on a large scale: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), [2010] FSR 21 (" 20C Fox v Newzbin"). He granted an injunction against Newzbin Ltd to restrain further infringements of the claimants'......
  • Whitby Specialist Vehicles Ltd v Yorkshire Specialist Vehicles Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 17 December 2014
    ...Joint liability 92 The principles concerning joint tortfeasance were reviewed by Kitchin J (as he then was) in Twentieth Century Fox Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), [2010] FSR 21, where he concluded at [108]: "I derive from those passages that mere (even knowing) assistance or faci......
  • Omnibill (Pty) Ltd v Egpsxxx Ltd ((in Liquidation)) and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
    • 17 November 2014
    ...Kitchin J as he then was considered the ambit of the tort of authorisation under s16 of the 1988 Act in Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin [2010] EWHC 608 at paragraphs 85–95. Having considered the authorities, Kitchin J summarised the test in paragraph 90 as follows: In my judgment it is clea......
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  • National Copyright Decisions Round-up 2020
    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice No. 16-6, 2021
    • 7 June 2021
    ...of Epsilon amounted to authorization, the Judge applied the test set out by Kitchin J in Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch), finding that use of the mod menu would inevitably lead to infringement, and that the Defendants had a close relationship with their cu......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice No. 16-12, 2021
    • 17 December 2021
    ...(accessed 3 October 2021).137.Starting with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation & Anor v Newzbin Ltd [2010] EWHC 608 (Ch).138.Dramatico Entertainment Ltd & Ors v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd & Ors [2012] EWHC 1152 (Ch).139.Ibid 70.140.While Brexit has happened, there is now clear guidanc......
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    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice No. 16-10, 2021
    • 1 December 2021
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