The IPKat
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
The preferred approach of the UK government in the AI and copyright consultation of introducing a commercial TDM exception subject to rightholder opt out is designed to support AI innovation and change the law to permit AI companies wide and lawful access to high-quality data through web scraping without the risk of copyright infringement.
The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2022
The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work. 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
JULY 14, 2023
Minimize database rights to favour access to and use of digital works. National policymakers should review existing sui generis database rights or similar rights, when they exist, in order to avoid limiting access and use of public domain works. Proposal 4.
IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 19, 2022
In addition to this, numerous other sections address various facets of upholding database rights. The copyright of a database is safeguarded by the Copyright Act of 1957. The Indian Copyright Act does not contain a definition of creativity, and the Indian courts have not taken a definite stance on the issue.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 21, 2021
Although this decision only concerns the “re-utilization” of databases protected by the sui generis right (related right) of the EU Database Directive 96/9, there are strong arguments that the decision also applies to Art. Copyright rules are expressly excluded from the country-of-origin principle pursuant to Art.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
Background and the underlying copyright claim The decision of Justice Mellor arose from an application made by the Claimants to serve the claim on a number of the Defendants out of jurisdiction. The underlying claim concerned the alleged infringement of database rights and copyright in various aspects of the Bitcoin System.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 16, 2025
The Publishers argue that this infringes their exclusive rights to reproduction and to making available their work to the public. At its core, this dispute is about whether HowardsHome’s alert service infringes the Publishers’ press publishers right, copyright and database rights.
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