The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

Here they are in case you missed them: TRADE MARKS Katfriend Marijus Dingilevskis posted on a recent decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, which states that even if a trade mark has been registered in the international register for 40 years, this is no guarantee that a subsequent national designation will be also registered.

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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 10, 2023

Marcel Pemsel commented on two instances in which the EUIPO Board of Appeal assessed whether distinctive character was present in relation to cases of trade mark applications for signs portraying a specific person’s photograph. Other news Hayleigh Bosher invited the IPKat readers to vote for the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The current generation of AI image generation tools such as Stable Diffusion , Midjourney and DALL·E 2 are designed to take a text description or prompt from a user and generate an image that matches the prompt. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works. What is AI image generation software?

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In most countries, the right is limited to scientific articles published in periodicals, but criteria establishing what constitutes a ‘periodical’ vary widely. Monographs, scholarly books, and other one-off publications are often excluded. In other words, publishers should not be able to prevent EU authors from exercising their SPR.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

The provision only applies to literary works, audiovisual work, phonograms, and visual works embedded into these works e.g. books (article 1(2) OWD). The OWD and the CDSM Directive’s OOCW provisions now coexist as two distinct options that cultural heritage institutions can rely on for clearing rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

YouTube II ” concerned the infringement of the right of communication to the public as per Article 3 of the Copyright Directive (2001/29) in relation to copyright and related rights in various music tracks. Facts The BGH decisions were based on different factual situations.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Collective licensing with extended effect covers various mechanisms in national copyright law to fill the gaps in the repertoire of the collective management organization (“CMO”), which can then conclude licences for works of right holders who are not affiliated to the CMO. 9 of the SatCab Directive (with an exception for broadcasters in art.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024. The deadline for submissions to the IPKat Book of the Year awards has been extended to 10 February 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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