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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). In Part I of this set of posts, I describe draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy.

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Book review: Copyright in the Digital Single Market

The IPKat

But, for those who are yet to pick up a copy, here is what is in store: The EU legislature adopted Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) in 2019. It was against this background that the proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market was made in 2016.

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” Copying-in-Fact. No Wrongful Copying To determine wrongful copying, the court uses the abstraction-filtration-comparison test. Now we’re more even more sure that we didn’t violate copyright law with this marketing.

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Infographic | Barbie movie

Olartemoure Blog

Barbie was created in 1959, and when she was 42 years old, in 2001, Bratz entered the scene. These new dolls captured about 40% of Barbie’s market share in five years, creating tension between Mattel and MGA.

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Infographic | Barbie movie

Olartemoure Blog

Barbie was created in 1959, and when she was 42 years old, in 2001, Bratz entered the scene. These new dolls captured about 40% of Barbie’s market share in five years, creating tension between Mattel and MGA. MGA alleged that Mattel had hired individuals to spy on toy designs and marketing plans.

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Damages for Copyright Infringement before You Register Your Copyright

LexBlog IP

Copyright Office and you find someone has infringed your copyright by copying substantial portions of your book. Can you prove that a license to produce the portions of your book has a fair market value for actual damages? Can you get a licensing fee as fair market value for actual damages for the copyright infringement?

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Den of Thieves

IPilogue

copyright laws by copying their source code, it also complained that Hytera infringed the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. Hytera served as a distributor for Motorola until 2001. Hytera Corp. Not only did Motorola Solutions allege that Hytera violated U.S. This case represents a significant infringement of innovation and technology.