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

The IPKat

This post is the third and final instalment in the “Africa IP Highlights 2022" series of posts highlighting some of the key developments in IP in Africa in 2022. The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks. This post is about patents, other IPRs and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration.

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Potential Impact on Major Pirate Sites as Vietnam ISPs Face New Responsibilities

TorrentFreak

At that point, however, implementation was still to be determined so, over the past few months, the government has been drafting decrees. Issued by the government in late April, Decree No. Issued by the government in late April, Decree No. At first blush, it appears to herald a new world of opportunities for rightsholders.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this part 1, we tackle the first of three questions regarding the legal copyright landscape from an NFT purchaser’s perspective, as the extent to which the IP framework applies to NFTs remains uncertain. Assignment The copyright owner may transfer the entirety of the copyright in the work to the purchaser by assignment.

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. INTRODUCTION.

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Copyright and the meta-regulation of intermediary services and artificial intelligence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

These overall aims also include the protection of copyright and related rights. The DSA and the AI Act are without prejudice to and do not affect the enforcement of conventional copyright law (Art. 16 DSA) and the mandatory risk management of very large online platforms and search engines (Arts. 34 and 35 DSA).

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Google’s Permanent Deindexing of Pirate Sites Spreads Across Europe

TorrentFreak

Determined to reduce overall piracy, the UK government first asked and then threatened Google over pirate sites appearing in its search results. Rightsholders in EU member states can request injunctions against intermediaries to mitigate online infringement. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Under German law, there are no special rules governing liability in cases of intellectual property rights infringements. The plaintiff in “ uploaded II ” was a scientific publisher that held exclusive rights of making available to the public in medical books.