SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

2023, the Bombay HC (Nagpur Bench) delivered a salient judgement , with significant implications for both the SC/ST Act and Intellectual Property. Is there a sui generis protection for computer databases? ( see definition of computer database) Unlike Europe, India does not have sui generis database rights.

IP 59

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Database Right 59

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Summary In the case of Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWHC 222 the High Court was faced with a technical copyright question about whether literary copyright can subsist in the file format used for the Bitcoin System (the “ Bitcoin File Format ”). Dr Wright also alleges infringement of the White Paper and the Bitcoin File Format.

Database Right 104

Database Right Copyright Editing Technology 104

The IPKat

JULY 30, 2023

This Kat is happy to review “ 25 things you should know about artificial intelligence, art and copyright ” by Pablo Fernández Carballo-Calero (Aranzadi, 2023, 160 p.). For instance, he reviews the UK system of protection for computer-generated works and the EU sui generis database right.

Art 52

Art Copyright Database Right Public Domain 52

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The authors look at the issue from the perspective of US and EU approaches to database protection.

Intellectual Property 90

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 90