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Potential Impact on Major Pirate Sites as Vietnam ISPs Face New Responsibilities

TorrentFreak

After spending more than 16 years implementing intellectual property laws introduced in 2005, amendments to intellectual property law in Vietnam came into effect on January 1, 2023. The Vietnam Copyright Decree (Decree No. Issued by the government in late April, Decree No.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Copyright Anastasiia Kyrylenko discussed the recent interpretation of Article 4 of Directive 2004/48/EC by the CJEU in relation to possibility for collective management organisations to bring, in their own name, actions for copyright infringement on behalf of the right holders.

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

The IPKat

In September , the Nigerian Government collaborated with WIPO to hold a national workshop for the validation of the Draft National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (draft IP Policy). November: Botswana launched its first ever National Intellectual Property Policy (BIPP). Map of Africa by Wolfram.

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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

These include (and may be limited to) Hong Kong ( section 11(3), Copyright Ordinance ), India (section 2(d)(vi), Copyright Act, 1957 ), Ireland ( Art. It ramped up further in the first weeks of 2023 with a UK action by Getty Images against Stability AI and a class action against Stability AI and others in the US.

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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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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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. He also claimed that the phonographic rights that according to the language of the contract belonged to the label, were actually his own.