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3 Count: Time’s Side

Plagiarism Today

However, under the conventional theory of damages, Starz would have only been eligible for damages on infringements going back to May 2017, three years before the lawsuit was filed in May 2020. According to BREIN, this is just one of more than 50 such services it has shuttered since 2017.

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Establishment and operation of CMOs in Greece

LexBlog IP

Further, according to article 8(2) of Law 4481/2017, a CMO may exist under the form of a public limited company (SA), but all of its shares must be mandatorily registered. Legal forms of CMOs. In practice, most CMOs in Greece have chosen the form of limited liability civil cooperatives. to be organised on a non-profit basis.

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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Related rights. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. The BGH issued a decision on this point in 2017.

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[Guest post] SIAE vs Meta: no more Italian music available on Facebook and Instagram?

The IPKat

Other Italian and foreign copyright and related rights collecting societies have also claimed that their music catalogues were taken down illegitimately and have requested Meta to restore their music on the relevant services. 35/2017); content in the public domain; content covered by an exception. 17 (4), a). 4 (5) D.Lgs.

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Google’s Permanent Deindexing of Pirate Sites Spreads Across Europe

TorrentFreak

A deal announced in 2017 revealed that Google would adjust its algorithms ( pdf ) to make pirate sites less easy to find. Determined to reduce overall piracy, the UK government first asked and then threatened Google over pirate sites appearing in its search results.

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Can someone’s face be a trade mark?

The IPKat

For example, in 2017 the Fourth Board of Appeal had to decide whether model Maartje Verhoef ’s trade mark application for a sign depicting her face could be granted in respect of a variety of goods and services in classes 3, 9, 14, 16, 18, 25, 35, 41, 42, and 44.

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