United Kingdom blocking injunctiononline enforcementinjunctions

Kitchin LJ in Cartier International AG v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd

[2016] EWCA Civ 658; [2017] Bus LR 1

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year2017

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The High Court has jurisdiction, derived from its general equitable power to grant injunctions (s.37 Senior Courts Act 1981) read consistently with EU law, to order ISPs to block websites used to infringe trade marks, even though the ISPs are innocent intermediaries; the jurisdiction is not confined to copyright under s.97A.

Area of Law

General

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