The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. and Copyright in Graffiti and Street Art). The webinar is scheduled for 7 July 2022 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm (CEST) and would be open to SMEs from the U.S.

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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 is the first of a series of blog posts on copyright reform at WIPO. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a study on EU copyright and related rights and access to and reuse of scientific publications, including open access. Current EU copyright framework. Image by Mediamodifier from Pixabay.

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The IPKat

MAY 19, 2022

Last month, Katfriends Desmond Oriakhogba and Dick Kawooya provided a highlight of the key portions of the Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es) proposed by the Africa Group to WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR). The 42nd session of the WIPO SCCR was held from 9 to 13 May 2022.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks. January: In Kenya, prospective importers were required from January 1, 2023 to declare particulars of intellectual property rights for goods to be imported into the country. This post is about reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission (EC) published a Proposal for a ‘Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)’. This post focuses on selected copyright and related rights matters that the Institute details in its Position Statement. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 22, 2024

The Motion Picture Association’s interest in file-hosting platform DoodStream first came to light in a submission to the USTR in October 2022. million visits in August 2022, while using the services of DDoS-Guard in Russia and OVH in France. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, the Court rejected the action as: not legal, insofar as it concerned the protection of recipes as works of intellectual property; and unfounded, because recipes are assimilated to ideas and not to works enjoying copyright protection under Greek (and EU) law. dishes and seasonings) as works of IP. (1)

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The IPKat

APRIL 13, 2022

Three years after its adoption, the discussion of and around the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital SingleMarket 2019/790 (‘DSM Directive’) is anything but exhausted.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Under German law, there are no special rules governing liability in cases of intellectual property rights infringements. The situation was only different, according to the BGH, in the exceptional cases where providers intentionally collaborated with their customers to commit rights infringements. That has now changed.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

This post is brought to you by Oprah Nwobike , who is a lawyer and doctoral researcher at Brunel University London focusing on copyright and artificial intelligence in the music industry, under the supervision of IPKat's Dr Hayleigh Bosher. This has become a lingering question in the minds of consumers of online content. Does AI create?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

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. On 8 September 2022, the CJEU issued its judgment in RTL Television. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. You can read the previous round-ups here.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This new authority, which should come into being on 1 January 2022, will replace the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel and the Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet. ARCOM will assist right holders to do this in using the new tools detailed below. 3] Article L.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

COPYRIGHT Katfriend Moritz Sutterer posted on a new competition tool that the German Competition Authority recently tried out against Google in relation to press publishers' neighbouring right. Voting closes at midnight on January 31, 2022, and winners will be announced thereafter.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

On March 10 th , 2022, the Advocate General (AG) Pitruzzella delivered his Opinion on the case RTL Television GmbH v Grupo Pestana S.G.P.S., The latter does not directly provide for the mandatory establishment of an exclusive right of cable retransmission for the benefit of broadcasting organisations. et al ( C-716/20 ). 403/08 and C?429/08,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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 ). In 2019, the CJEU clarified that the exclusive right of the phonogram producer under Art. 5 InfoSoc Directive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On 29 October 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a public consultation looking at how the copyright and patent regimes should deal with artificial intelligence. The consultation closes on 7 January 2022. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

In June 2022, EU leaders granted candidate status to the Republic of Moldova, noting that its reform agenda must continue until EU conditions are met. Harmonization With EU Copyright Law Under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 2014, Moldova was required to reform copyright law to meet EU standards.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first 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. We report here on one case, issued late in December 2021, which may be of interest to our copyright readers, despite its focus on private international law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2023 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness” by Jan Bernd Nordemann. Since then, courts in the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The consultation closes on 7 January 2022. The rapporteur is very well-known to all copyright enthusiasts – Mr Axel Voss.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2022

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is proud and delighted to announce its new, in-person event to be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, June 2, 2022, on the topic: 'The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze'.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Events IP Lawyers Tool - 1st World Robot Patent Drafting Symposium - 23 and 24 September 2022 - Cannes, France IP Lawyers Tool will hold the 1st World Robot Patent Drafting Symposium on 23 and 24 September 2022 from 1:00pm to 8:00pm (CEST). Further information about the 2022 Conference Program and registration can be found here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ‘European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021’ (hereinafter ‘ the Regulations’ ). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. Section 53A).

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azrights

AUGUST 11, 2022

As AI platforms like Midjourney , or Dall-E2 are widely adopted the question that is increasingly being asked is about the copyright position. It’s possible to create striking artistic images, music, poems and the like using Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms so people naturally wonder who owns the rights in the output?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 22, 2022 , the European Union Intellectual Office (EUIPO), through its European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, published a discussion paper entitled " Automated Content Recognition: IP Enforcement and management use cases ".

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The new copyright rules relevant to “Big Deals”. Under the law of copyright, the authors of works of science are the copyright owners of their published articles. Under the law of copyright, the authors of works of science are the copyright owners of their published articles.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On 22 September 2022, the Advocate General provided his opinion on the case. More from our authors: Practical Guide to Successful Intellectual Property Valuation and Transactions. by Alexander Puutio. € Internet Law: A Concise Guide to Regulation Around the World. by Edward J.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

May Was a Busy Month For Bulgarian IP Protection Matters International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property units (ICHIP) are compromised of attorney advisors, computer forensic experts, and law enforcement agents who provide assistance to U.S. foreign partners to combat intellectual property crime.

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The IPKat

MAY 31, 2022

In two judgments (Basmati, T-342/20 - which we reported on some time ago - and APE TEES, T-281/21), the General Court found that they are relevant (the cases were decided in October 2021 and March 2022, respectively). Can a slogan be protected by copyright?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Conseil d’Etat , the French administrative Supreme Court, handed down an important ruling on 15 November 2022 which annuls Order no. Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. More from our authors: Practical Guide to Successful Intellectual Property Valuation and Transactions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

2021-580 of 12 May 2021 (‘transposition Order’) of the French Government implements articles 2(6) and 17 to 23 of the EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (‘CDSM’). Image by Pexels from Pixabay Order no. It remains to be seen how future agreements will be negotiated.

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