Navigation Menu

Skip to Navigation menu Skip to top of page

15 December 2008

French court rules on iPod levy

Peter Ollier, London

France’s Court of Cassation has ruled that French consumers must pay the so-called iPod tax when buying MP3 players online from other countries

The decision highlights the problem of enforcing different copyright levies within the EU when buying storage products.




The rest of this article is available to subscribers to Managing IP only.

Managing IP subscribers also have access to Managing Patents, Trade marks and Copyright until 30th October 2010.
Managing IP trialists have access to Managing Patents, Trade marks and Copyright for 48-hours.

Subscribe today for full access to this article. Alternatively, take a 48-hour free trial  giving you access to the current content. 

If you are already a subscriber please log in (see top right column) to access the rest of this article.