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Key 2023 update: EU Directive implemented in Greek copyright law

LexBlog IP

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

The IPKat

Trade Marks Chijioke Okorie provided an overview of the key developments in trade mark law across the African continent as part of the “Africa IP Highlights” series for 2023. The overview covers the case law, legislative reforms, and public debates about current issues in copyright law.

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

The IPKat

Alessandro Cerri reported the news that the digital music service Spotify will fully cease its operations in Uruguay by February due to the domestic approval of the 2023 Rendición de Cuentas Bill and the consequent claimed unsuitability for the business to be available in the country.

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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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Spain launches its first-ever Copyright Office

Olartemoure Blog

Spain’s first copyright office will start operating in 2023. All copyright issues had been dealt with before by the IP Subdirectorate of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. La entrada Spain launches its first-ever Copyright Office se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

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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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

There is a significant push at this week’s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.