A proof agreement set aside on the grounds of a significant imbalance in the rights and obligations of the parties.

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Cour d'appel de Paris, Pôle 5 - chambre 5, 7 January 2021, no. 18/17376 Restrictive practice of competition and significant imbalance in the rights and obligations of the parties: a proof agreement stipulating that only the supplier's information system is authentic between the parties declared unenforceable. A distance selling company had entered into an agreement with ... Read more

Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr publishes its 2020 national survey

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Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr is a national system set up at the end of 2017 with the following missions: On 3 December, it published its national study on internet users' exposure to risks. In particular, this study highlights the importance of acts of cyber-maliciousness, since 90% of internet users surveyed have already been victims of an act of cyber-maliciousness at least once, ... Read more

The French courts have jurisdiction over acts of counterfeiting and unfair and parasitic competition committed on the Internet.

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The Portuguese company Each X Other is the proprietor of two word marks 'EACH OTHER', one in France and the other internationally, including the European Union. After noting that Levi Strauss was using the sign "MADE FOR EACH OTHER" to present its service of personalising denim jackets in two boutiques located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, the company ... Read more

The Conseil d'Etat validates Alicem's facial recognition authentication system

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In July 2019, La Quadrature du net, an association that defends fundamental freedoms in the digital environment, brought an action before the Conseil d'Etat for ultra vires against the decree authorising the Ministry of the Interior and the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS) to develop the smartphone application ALICEM, an application designed to certify ... Read more