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[Guest post] CJEU: New licensing rules for the provision of guest TVs in Germany?

The IPKat

The dispute and the question referred to the CJEU are mainly based on the fact that the concept of “communication to the public” within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC is divided into several rights in German law, that can all be licensed separately. Kat enjoying TV. FCJ, case no. I ZR 21/14 - Königshof).

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The EUIPO has published the second phase of its research on Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technologies

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However, over the last two decades, the ability of computers to recognise content has become crucial for a wide range of applications (and this is not a list of the capabilities of HAL 9000 in " 2001: A Space Odyssey "). its pattern, trade mark or design) to determine whether it is genuine or counterfeit.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Interestingly, designers of computer games have also been mentioned, although, according to Article 77 of the Polish copyright law, computer programs do not fall under the exception concerning permitted personal uses described in Article 23 of the Polish Copyright Act.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

He worked for large companies, active worldwide in the food industry, which specialised in the design and development of recipes and culinary products for industrial use. Compensation presupposes culpability and infringement of IP (or related rights) (i.e.,

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The Orphan Works Directive is broken but the Commission won’t fix it!

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Orphan Works Database contains 6,031 works as of March 6th 2023, whereas a 2001 estimate showed for instance that up to 1.25 The OWD and the CDSM Directive’s OOCW provisions now coexist as two distinct options that cultural heritage institutions can rely on for clearing rights. billion periodicals could be orphan works.

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Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The situation was only different, according to the BGH, in the exceptional cases where providers intentionally collaborated with their customers to commit rights infringements. The “ uploaded III ” case also concerned the infringement of rights of communication to the public via the aforementioned file hosting and sharing service.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Section 95a UrhG stipulates that technical measures employed for the protection of a copyrighted work or protected subject matter may not be circumvented without the authorisation of the rightholder, Section 95a UrhG being the transposition into German law of Article 6 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29).