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Africa IP Highlights #3: Patents, other IPRs and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration

The IPKat

Unlike Botswana (see November, below), there is no official copy of the draft policy available online. Thanks to some Katfriends though, this Kat was privileged able to see a copy of the draft policy before the validation exercise. November: Botswana launched its first ever National Intellectual Property Policy (BIPP).

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. INTRODUCTION.

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The next chapter in the “Metall auf Metall” saga – Pastiche to be clarified by the CJEU

Kluwer Copyright Blog

When the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued its fourth ruling in the “Metall auf Metall” copyright sampling case in April 2020, it seemed that the dispute would finally reach the top of the hill (see here ). Unsurprisingly, the plaintiffs continue to pursue their copyright infringement claims through this appeal to the BGH.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This seems to have pushed EU Member States towards compliance – the latest examples here are the Irish European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (19 November), the Italian Decree (published on 27 November), and the Estonian Act implementing the Directive (8 December).

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

‘Laziness by Ramón Casas, provided by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, available here’ In August 2020, a review of the Orphan Works Directive (2012/28/EU), or OWD, was initiated by the European Commission. The digitisingmorgan.org project is a great example of this.

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