Case regarding copyright in cryptocurrency software proceeds to a hearing in Norwegian courts
The Supreme Court's Appeals Selection Committee's order 4 November 2022, HR-2022-2132-U, (case no. 22-097769SIV-HRET), civil case, appeal against order.
A (Counsel Thomas Rieber-Mohn) v. IOTA AS (Counsel Line Voldstad), IOTA Foundation (Counsel Rune Ljostad)
The Court of Appeal had struck out an appeal in a case concerning copyright in a computer program. The Supreme Court's Appeals Selection Committee stated that the Court of Appeal had been correct in applying the limitation in section 1-3 of the Dispute Act when interpreting section 78 of the Copyright Act, which meant that the parties had to have a legal interest in obtaining a prohibitory judgment under section 78. The Committee also agreed with the Court of Appeal that no such interest existed for one of the defendants - the anchor defendant - and that the appeal therefore could not proceed. As for the second defendant, a Germany-based company, the Committee found that the requirement of a close connection was met, see Article 6 (1) of the Lugano Convention, which meant that that appeal proceeded for this defendant despite having been struck out for the anchor defendant.
Justices: Bull, Falch, Steinsvik