The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

Kat approved This book is aimed at those who are new to the subject of intellectual property. The preface reiterates that the purpose of the book is to describe the essential nature of living IP law: "What we want is the reader to come away with a good idea of how IP works in practice."

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The original work and its alleged parody Further to the dismissal of the copyright and trade mark claims but not the entirety of the action on appeal, the defendant filed an extraordinary appeal. In so doing, the Supreme Court tackled 3 key issues under EU copyright law – specifically: the InfoSoc Directive.

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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Readers are reminded that they can vote for their favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! Votes must be made via email before 15th January 2024 as per the instructions below. You can check out the previous nominees and winners here. Rules of Voting Only ONE vote per person.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2025

IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024. The deadline for submissions to the IPKat Book of the Year awards is 31 January 2025. Vote here for your favourite books in the categories of patents, copyright (incl., related rights, performers rights), trade marks (incl., More information here.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 26, 2023

Copyright Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk unpacked the major legislative changes brought by the new Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights , adopted in December 2022. This phenomenon illustrates the commercial potential of derivative works within the copyright system.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

If you've been too wrapped up with preparations for the holiday season , here's a summary of the IP news that you might have missed last week: Patents This Kat is still contemplating which IP books to put on her Christmas wish-list. Léon has recently published a book on the subject, which is being launched on 12 January 2024.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From a copyright perspective, surely that image is a ‘work’, but could it be also regarded as original enough to warrant protection under that IP right (without considering related rights in accordance with Article 6 of the Term Directive )?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Within days, stock image supplier Getty Images announced that it was one of the “folks” who disagreed – and disagreed so strongly that it had commenced legal proceedings in the High Court in London alleging copyright infringement. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works.

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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. Reminder: last call to vote for your best IP book of 2021 by participating in the poll here !

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Image via Pexels Research Grant – University of Udine The University of Udine has just launched an opportunity for a research grant on the topic: Italian copyright law after the EU Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, and its effects on cultural heritage. European experts, namely Prof.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

The Directive does this through a mandatory exception for copyright infringement that allows cultural heritage institutions and educational institutions to reproduce and make available orphan works from their collections to the public. As a result, the impossibility to disseminate valuable cultural heritage remained.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Secondary Publication Rights as Enablers of (Green) Open Access SPRs are rights under copyright law that allow authors of publicly funded scientific research to post their published works on institutional websites and repositories, without the need for permission from the publishers that often own the copyrights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Some consider that the Government was influenced by the French union of book publishers Syndicat National de l’Edition – SNE when it decided to leave out the term ‘appropriate’ when transposing the principle of ‘ appropriate and proportionate remuneration ’ of articles 18 and 20 of the CDSM.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

6-7 April 2023: “From the DMCA to the DSA: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Online Platform Liability and Copyright Law” The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will hold its 27th annual symposium, on 6 and 7 April 2023, at the International House, UC Berkeley. Click here to know more. More information here. More information is available here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Therefore, case law plays a huge role in ensuring the establishment of a fair and balanced liability regime, in particular as concerns the issue of (indirect) liability for internet service providers and other intermediaries whose services are used to commit copyright infringements. That has now changed.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Book Review Katfriend Maciej Padamczyk (Herchel Smith Doctoral Researcher, Research Associate QMIPRI) reviewed Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity , edited by Cristiana Sappa. Furthermore, AGA also discussed a possible copyright infringement in its design.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

As a matter of principle, the exercise of the exclusive rights under copyright is the author’s individual prerogative: it is the author who decides whether they wish to authorize the reproduction or communication to the public of their works (the same goes for the performer, the producers, the broadcaster or the news publisher).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). This is particularly visible in the definition of the negotiation and licensing scheme envisioned for the exercise of the new related right. Image via needpix.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). This is particularly visible in the definition of the negotiation and licensing scheme envisioned for the exercise of the new related right. Image via needpix.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Copyright Office Report on AI. Copyright Office Report on the legal and policy issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright. AI usage for assisting creation processes or including AI-generated material in a more extensive human-generated work does not prevent copyrightability. Review Part 1 here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2025

Image by Mohamed Hassan via PxHere The debate on the use of copyrighted material to train generative AI models is evolving, shifting its focus from whether compensation is due to creators, to determining the structure and specifics of a remuneration system. This post will take a closer look at these three proposals. The document (see pp.

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