Court’s decision qualifying smart phones as personal computers

KLC acted on behalf of a well-known mobile phone company in the frame of a petition filed against it by 19 Collective Management Societies for the payment to them of the reasonable compensation provided by art 18.par 3. L2121/1993 for the sales of smartphones and tablets. The decision under number 5949/2016 issued by the One Member First Instance Court of Athens rejected said petition, ruling that smartphones and tablets are personal computers which do not fall under the scope of art. 18, par. 3, L 2121/1993 for reasonable compensation.