The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Works of art, in the form of the reproduction of a painting, frequently adorns the cover of a reissued edition of a renowned novel. Consider the following book cover of the Penguin Classics edition of Jane Austen's novel, " Mansfield Pak ". The copyright lawyer might well respond with a glazed look. But of course.

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The IPKat

MARCH 22, 2024

This article delves into the saga’s central copyright issues and the concept of moral rights, and compares the situation in the US to how it might have unfolded under EU law. After Swift had found herself dissatisfied with the way in which BMR had made use of its rights, she decided to re-record the albums.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Applicable law In December 2022, Ukrainian Parliament adopted a new copyright law, Law No 2811-IX [see an overview of its main provisions by The IPKat here ]. The scope of this sui generis right includes the same economic rights that are granted to works (Art. 12), but does not include moral rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

In doing so, it calls into question a fundamental assumption of many traditional intellectual property (IP) frameworks as copyright laws only protect works created by humans and not AI. As a result, using AI for producing content is only eligible for an infringement of copyright if the data used by AI violates copyright.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Along with the economic rights granted by copyright, the copyright holder also has moral rights. India is a signatory to the Berne Convention, and Article 6bis of that Convention protects moral rights, commonly known as the paternity rights of the author or creator of the copyrighted works.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The background Artwork by Arianna Gallo First of all, it is necessary to set the scene: Sanremo 2023, the 73rd edition of the Festival della Musica Italiana (Italian Music Festival) , is one of the most followed and watched TV shows in Italy that takes place each February.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Topics include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes. pre-publication event: EULAs: Friends or Foes?,

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This is a book review of “ Harmonizing Intellectual Property Law for a Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Economy ”, edited by Péter Mezei, Hannibal Travis, and Anett Pogácsás. Anett Pogácsás examines the divergent legal approaches to copyright waivers, discussing how to mitigate the lack of uniformity. A meow-velous cover!

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

A key goal of the analysis is the reconciliation of the structure and legal tests applied in copyright law with the way authorial creativity develops as a process. A copyright lawyer will be familiar with legal issues on subject matter, originality, authorship and ownership.

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IPilogue

MARCH 29, 2023

The Office provided an example where a user instructs an AI tool to “write a poem about copyright law in the style of William Shakespeare”. Given that the user contributes little to no expressive elements to the AI-generated output, the output is not a product of human authorship or protected under the US Copyright Act.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. Claims under copyright law.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. c) does grant authors “rights in something he created” and that “already belong to him” at common law and is taken after a few short years from him and his heirs. Cites Henry George.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

It grants performers economic rights as well as moral rights, giving them the ability to protect their image as well as benefit financially, which directly provides a legal framework that deals with deepfakes and performance synthetization.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

In this sense, the case represents yet another evidence of the weak impact of the CJEU’s harmonizing efforts on national copyright flexibilities, and highlights, once again, the pressing need for a legislative intervention to realize a greater convergence between Member States’ copyright laws in action. by Christopher Heath. €

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Pastiche is one of the newer harmonized user rights in EU copyright law. The exception for caricature, parody and pastiche was made mandatory as part of Article 17 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) in 2019. To fill this gap, German fundamental rights NGO Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Germany has always had an extensive judicial practice in copyright law. 4, (2) UrhG.

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