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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

The IPKat

DESIGNS The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) sent a referral to the CJEU (Case C-684/21) on the role of alternative designs in the examination of Article 8(1) of Regulation 6/2002. SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher reviewed " Performers' Rights " by the Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Fast forward and see: The Database directive stands unchanged and there is still no clear evidence that the then-new intellectual property right is an effective instrument. So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.

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Copyright Protection For Databases In India

IP and Legal Filings

Every Indian citizen has the fundamental right to liberty and the right to privacy thanks to the protections provided by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The Indian Contract Act may be invoked by including a separate clause in the contract for database confidentiality.

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Are AI models’ weights protected databases?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, it’s unclear whether the models themselves are currently protected by intellectual property laws. However, in the EU there is another strong candidate for protecting model weights: the sui generis protection for databases established in Directive 96/9. If model weights qualify as a database, what then?

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The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). Database Dir.: articles 5(a) and 7(1). InfoSoc Dir.:

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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Article 17 survives, but freedom of expression safeguards are key: C-401/19 – Poland v Parliament and Council by João Pedro Quintais. [T]he This post provides a refresher on the contents of Article 17, followed by a brief highlight of the main takeaways to kick-off the discussion. A vanishing right? Part II is available here.