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Copyright in the Bitcoin File Format: a question of content over structure

Kluwer Copyright Blog

3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”). 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.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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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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Around the IP Blogs

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DESIGN In Turkey, although the Turkish Intellectual Property Code refers to both the degree of freedom of choice and the informed user, in practice it has not always been clear how these concepts are implemented in design disputes. The Kluwer Copyright Blog, therefore, explains potential challenges that may arise.

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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

have grappled with how broadly or narrowly to interpret the concept of transformativeness when assessing fair use defenses to charges of copyright infringement… In seeking Supreme Court review, the [Andy Warhol] Foundation argued that the Goldsmith decision was inconsistent with the Court’s teachings in Campbell and Google. .