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Africa IP Highlights #3: Patents, other IPRs and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration

The IPKat

Unlike Botswana (see November, below), there is no official copy of the draft policy available online. Thanks to some Katfriends though, this Kat was privileged able to see a copy of the draft policy before the validation exercise. November: Botswana launched its first ever National Intellectual Property Policy (BIPP).

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Google’s Permanent Deindexing of Pirate Sites Spreads Across Europe

TorrentFreak

As reported in February 2022, notices published on the Lumen Database referenced well over one hundred pirate sites, all of which had been previously blocked for copyright infringement under the orders of the High Court in London. In this case, however, presenting court orders isn’t an issue.

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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

Kashishipr

In the present digital era, where we are so connected than ever, and the amount of online content produced has never been higher – the responsibility of safeguarding content has never been more crucial. When you enforce your copyright, you enforce your copyright-related rights, which fall under Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).

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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

These include (and may be limited to) Hong Kong ( section 11(3), Copyright Ordinance ), India (section 2(d)(vi), Copyright Act, 1957 ), Ireland ( Art. Text and data mining There is wide disparity in the scope of exceptions in national copyright laws permitting copying for the use of training AI.

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[Guest post] Litigation commenced against the developers of AI image generation software

The IPKat

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 exception provides copyright will not be infringed by the making of a: 1.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS. The BGH confirmed that the so-called adapter cards distributed by the defendant (for the use of illegal copies of games) were within the meaning of Section 95a (3) No. Claims under copyright law.

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The Parody Exception: Revisiting the Case for a Distinct Pastiche Exception

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Presently, a new reference from the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) asks the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for vital interpretive guidance concerning the parody exception within copyright law. In summary, parody, pastiche, and caricature all rely on imitation and copying as a means of generating new expressions.