TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This week, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN reported that it had booked new success with its previously unknown ‘ registry strategy ‘ Following a notice from BREIN, the SIDN (.nl) SIDN’s actions targeted IPTV-related domains, such as streamdeal.nl, iptvproviders.nl, omniptv.nl nl) and EURid (.eu) and iptvstreamplus.nl.

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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., Winners will be announced in February 2025.

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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. Most of the chapters of this book cover core issues of patent law. Hayleigh Bosher announced the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2022 winners.

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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

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

JANUARY 30, 2022

PermaKat Neil Wilkof commented on the reproduction of the work of art " Detail from the Portrait of Eugénie-Pamela Larivière" (which is in the public domain) by Louis Larivière in the Louvre, Paris" on a book cover. Reminder: last call to vote for your best IP book of 2021 by participating in the poll here !

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While some countries limit the right to the Author Accepted Manuscript, the law in other countries seems to extend the right to the printed version, the so-called Version of Record. In all countries, the right is limited to articles; entire monographs and other scholarly books are therefore excluded. 8] (a) Art.

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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 )? I think that a distinction needs to be drawn between different types of portraits.

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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. The deadline is set on the 20 December 2023.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With the adoption of both the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union has moved away from the notice-and-takedown model for copyright enforcement and content moderation. Click here to know more. More information is available here.

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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. Artificial Intelligence Antonios Baris discussed the decision in Arijit Singh v.

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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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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.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While the Irish Copyright and Related Rights Act includes a similar provision concerning the authorship of computer-generated works, Irish academics have noted this provision may be inconsistent with the EU acquis. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works.

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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

MAY 30, 2022

Aimed at ensuring remuneration for publishers when their publications are reused online by news aggregators, Article 15 grants press publishers the right of reproduction and the right of making available for online uses of their press publications by information society service providers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Aimed at ensuring remuneration for publishers when their publications are reused online by news aggregators, Article 15 grants press publishers the right of reproduction and the right of making available for online uses of their press publications by information society service providers.

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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

Firstly, the mandatory collective management of rights prevents the author, performer, producer and, since the DSM Directive, publisher from individually exercising their exclusive rights under copyright or related rights.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The Supreme Court considered that, in the present case, the defendant’s work did not merely take inspiration from the book cover, but actually reproduced protected elements thereof.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2025

The systemic argument is also noteworthy: since some countries, such as Poland, have adopted ECL for the related right of press publishers , the rationale for such a system for TDM seems at least as adequate. Applicability A key advantage of using the opt-out is that it is based on already existing legislation. The document (see pp.

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