Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. This led the Committee to embark on a decade-long process of commissioning expert studies relating to L&Es.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Copyright Anastasiia Kyrylenko discussed the recent interpretation of Article 4 of Directive 2004/48/EC by the CJEU in relation to possibility for collective management organisations to bring, in their own name, actions for copyright infringement on behalf of the right holders. Here is what you missed last week on the IPKat.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2023

Last week, Nigeria’s President signed the Copyright Act 2022 which repeals the Copyright Act of 2004 (the old Act). The Copyright Act 2022 as previously reported here on The IPKat is aimed inter alia at protecting the rights of authors and providing appropriate limitations and exceptions to guarantee access to creative works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Regarding the entitlement to the rights, the recording and broadcast of a sports event are protected by related rights, which are respectively granted to producers of audiovisual works for the first fixation of the film and to broadcasting organisations for the transmission of broadcast signals for public reception.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The German provisions are based on the relevant provisions in the EU Enforcement Directive (2004/48). In the view of the BGH, an infringement of the film producer’s related right does not require that a copyright protected part had been used. In addition, claims for information are provided for at various points in the UrhG.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

“ YouTube II ” concerned the infringement of the right of communication to the public as per Article 3 of the Copyright Directive (2001/29) in relation to copyright and related rights in various music tracks. This question has not yet been answered by the CJEU.

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