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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

There is a significant push at this week’s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.

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EU copyright law round up – third trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. WIPO, Agreement on diplomatic conference on Design Law Treaty. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. You can read the previous round-ups here.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. You can read the previous round-ups here. For a blog post detailing the hearing before the court see here.

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Mandatory collective management of copyright: when the road to deadlock is paved with good intentions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Generally, the distinction between collective licensing with extended effect and mandatory collective management of rights is important (see Study on emerging issues on collective licensing practices, p. This mechanism of mandatory collective management is not new in copyright. 5 Rental Directive ).

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Germany has always had an extensive judicial practice in copyright law. The case law of that copyright law senate of the BGH from 2015 to 2019 is summarised below.