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Private Copying Levy for Social Purposes – Draft Changes in Poland and Compatibility with EU Law – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). Part II looks at the compliance of the draft changes with EU law. million Euro.

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Private Copying Levy for Social Purposes – Draft Changes in Poland and Compatibility with EU Law – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. Inspection of a Registered Mask Work. government.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. government. Id, section 2407.2(C).

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Revisiting Bananas, Duct Tape, Walls, & Copyright–Morford v. Cattelan

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

For example, we must resolve when duct-taping a banana to a wall infringes copyright. This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” The court displayed the respective artworks: Morford sued Cattelan for copyright infringement. Copying-in-Fact. ” Independently (?),

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When is a derivative work original and thus protectable by copyright? Classicist’s critical edition makes its way to Luxembourg in fresh Romanian CJEU referral

The IPKat

The book that is going to change copyright law? After the referrals in Mio [IPKat here and here ] and USM Haller [IPKat here ] , another referral asking about the meaning of originality in EU copyright law has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): it is the referral from Romania in Institutul G.

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Artist Royalties: An exegesis of Resale rights in India

IIPRD

This right emanates from the personhood theory of copyright law which forms the basis of moral rights and has been accepted throughout the world. India, being a member of the Berne Convention, adopted this principle as an addition to its copyright laws in 1994. University of Illinois Law Review, January 1, 2019.

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