The IPKat

MARCH 22, 2024

The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Caroline Theunis (Bar of the Province of Antwerp) on the copyright troubles of music superstar and copyright-savvy artist Taylor Swift. After Swift had found herself dissatisfied with the way in which BMR had made use of its rights, she decided to re-record the albums.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Children provide a unique contribution to the discourse on creativity, copyright and intellectual property. A systematic study on the copyright of children is yet to be attempted. A systematic study on the copyright of children is yet to be attempted. Copyright paradigms and creative practices. 1197 and C?683/17

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The IPKat

MAY 9, 2023

In a recent decision, the Cologne Regional Court (LG Köln) found that adding a glass canopy to a mosque infringed the architect’s copyright and must be removed ( 14 O 12/22 ). In 2008, the parties concluded a contract, which included the following clauses [translation by this Kat]: § 4 Protection of the work and of the author […] 4.3

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

AI and intellectual property rights (IPR) aren’t just something for the patent and copyright geeks to nerd out on although it is that, it is something that going to have a lot of commercial and social impacts as AI challenges a lot of the ways we function in IPR. This marks a significant shift in the prevailing paradigm.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

On 8 February 2022, the Italian Supreme Court (the Corte di Cassazione ) issued an order that intervened on the interpretation of the quotation exception under Article 70 of the Italian Copyright Act (l.aut.). [1] Schifano’s heirs sued again the Foundation, claiming violation of their economic and moral rights over the works.

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