Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The rapporteur is very well-known to all copyright enthusiasts – Mr Axel Voss. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021.

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IIPRD

MAY 9, 2024

Hence, the concept of cross licensing agreement has originated with the intent to help various organizations in sharing patent licenses along with their rights and liabilities leading to their easier access to masses and reduction of monopolistic market tendencies. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Regulation, Innovation and Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets, by Margherita Colangelo. And the winner is: The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law (Bloomsbury) by Léon Dijkman Best Copyright Law Book The nominations were: • Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (2nd edition), by Elenora Rosati. •

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

On 15 December 2020, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a Regulation on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act, DSA) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC. Copyright law accounts for most content removals from online platforms and search engine result lists, by an order of magnitude.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Miller claims that the Defendant displayed this image on its website on January 30, 2023, without the proper permission or licensing, thereby violating copyright law. Empire, LLC, is alleged to have profited from the unauthorized display, thus undermining the Plaintiff’s market for the photograph. Continue reading

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The Report looked at: i) current and future applications of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”); ii) how intellectual property laws apply to NFTs and assets associated with NFTs; iii) intellectual property-related challenges arising from the use of NFTs; and iv) potential ways to use NFTs to secure and manage intellectual property rights.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 26, 2024

This book review of “Intellectual Property Law and Culture, the tangification of intangible cultural heritage”, written by Megan Rae Blakely, is kindly provided by Katfriend Victoria Dipla (Greek Lawyer, IGNITE Trainee Solicitor Clifford and Chance LLP London).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2021

2021 is a momentous year for EU copyright law: it is the 30th anniversary since the adoption of the first ever copyright directive (the Software Directive 1991/250) and the 20th since the passing of the seminal InfoSoc Directive 2001/29. To celebrate the publication of Copyright in the Digital Single Market.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. A previous trend in the music industry is confrimed – streaming is the leading revenue source in nearly all markets. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 8, 2025

in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) are now open! From Law to Leadership: How the MIPLC LL.M. All students begin with a solid foundation in intellectual property, data, and competition law , delivered through our Basic Module Curriculum.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 10, 2025

copyright laws. Court documents claim the Photograph was registered with the United States Copyright Office (USCO) on January 19, 2017. The Plaintiff alleges that the Defendant used his Photograph without permission, violating U.S. Continue reading

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Now, last time I checked we live in a market economy. Some say that certain humans will always write books and music and make art and that there will always be a market for masterpieces of human creativity. This is what would happen if copyright were interpreted as protecting AI machine productions that have no human cause. [1].

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The IPKat

APRIL 7, 2025

The judges referred to the Courts consistent case law in trade mark matters, according to which the scope of protection of a national trade mark is limited to the territory of Germany due to the territoriality principle applicable in intellectual property law. Not implementing geo-blocking (i.e.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2023

Under this new regime, it appears that rightsholders’ will be denied their right to determine a market price for their content. Instead, the lower house of the Belarusian parliament will determine the market price based on unknown factors. The law ( pdf ) will come into force this week and remain in place until December 31, 2024.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2024

When today’s home video gaming market took its first tentative baby steps thanks to more affordable hardware in the early 1980s, the details of Sony’s lawsuit against Datel would’ve been dismissed as outrageous. In some cases, that included being able to run half-decent games, or even games at all.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

. “That would catastrophically harm the digital markets on which the music industry, the movie and television industry, the news industry, and similar industries depend to profitably create and distribute their works—and would thereby undermine the incentive for the creation of new works that copyright law exists to protect.”

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 7, 2025

2 Licensing enables copyright owners and users to come together in a mutually beneficial manner, helping the market function more efficiently and responsibly. There is no single global copyright law, and countries vary significantly in their approach to copyright and AI-related issues like text and data mining and transparency.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Launched in January 2020, the H2020 project reCreating Europe (Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe ), is pleased to announce its final conference, which will take place in Brussels on 21-22 March 2023.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2022

Eashan writes about Indian intellectual property law on his Medium page. The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law. I also set the table for the rest of the text by summarising the origins of designs law in India. He has written several guest posts for us in the past as well, searchable here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part II by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó. The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part I by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Christmas markets are already here, the lights are bright and shining, but before November is over, this Kat brings you another bundle of joy in the form of IP events and opportunities. The competition is sponsored by FICPI, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, and will accept papers in French and English.

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Chicago IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Creator of the Year Committee is seeking nominations for its 2022 Creator of the Year Award. Trademark Law: A powerful branding program that combines a strong trademark or service mark and a memorable advertising and marketing campaign.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

In this part II we discuss two additional aspects, with a focus on UK copyright law and the EU copyright acquis. The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The UK government has just finished another round of consultations, this time focusing on AI and copyright, and with a specific goal to initiate legislative reform soon. Moral rights and AI under Australian law. To my knowledge, a broad ‘reasonable use’ defense is quite a unique feature of Australian copyright law.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The abstracts must be sent until 15 January 2022, while the conference will take place on 23 and 24 June 2022.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

In Europe, the role of IP in promoting and transitioning towards more sustainable markets, models, and practices is gaining momentum. The interplay between IP and Sustainability is well-known and hardly contested at global scale.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

But don’t stop reading if your passion lies along other branches of IP law, because this volume has plenty to say about copyright, trademarks, and more. Long before the Plant Patent Act of 1930 , the booming market for seeds in nineteenth century America brought with it a proliferation of "thieves of names and novelties."

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Copyright The Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice published an Author's Take piece considering what the way forward for the press publishers' right might be under EU copyright law. This Kat is having a haunted October This post promises to take readers around the IP blogs in eight posts.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2022

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is proud and delighted to announce its new, in-person event to be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, June 2, 2022, on the topic: 'The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze'.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

Mili is a graduate of Institute of Law, Nirma University, currently completing her LLM at LSE. Her areas of interest are Information Technology law, Intellectual Property law, Media & Communication Law, and human rights law. . Image from here. Introduction.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

24-25 November 2022 | ERA | " Annual Conference on European Copyright Law 2022 " (Tier, Germany and online) On 24 and 25 November 2022, ERA will host its hybrid annual conference that will update intellectual property lawyers on ongoing EU initiatives and recent ECJ case law in the field of copyright.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Introduction In the quickly developing scenery of the recent business the startups stand as the indications of modernization which brings the new concepts and fresh products or the amenities to the market. Moreover, the IPR eases the market development and establishes a solid brand identity. Copyright and Trademarks, Copyright, I.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

As we know, limited edition goods come into the market only for a short period, are marketed by the brand upon the launch, and the logos are hardly ever put into use by the proprietor because they have already been sold. Copyright is considered to subsist in a creative work upon creation once it has been rendered in tangible form.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2024

Webinar on navigating intellectual property in sustainable fashion (13 March) 4IPCouncil is organizing a webinar on second-hand luxury markets on 13 March at 16:00 CET. 42nd ATRIP Congress: intellectual property, ethical innovation, and sustainability – Towards a new social contract for the digital economy?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

In a recent paper (currently under review), we question whether humans can be replaced by AI to generate mechanical/less creative news reports and study whether “robojournalistic” outputs can be granted copyright protection from an EU law perspective. Free and creative choices and expression of intellectual creation must be present.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. iii] While intellectual property remedies are painfully slow, the internet is on the cutting-edge of fast paced communication. xxiv] Intellectual property law recognizes a limited monopoly-esque property right for the creator.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As of this writing, there is no explicit regulation governing the NFT market or the way NFTs should be produced, acquired, gathered, coined, etc. Intellectual property rights are a key consideration when it comes to NFTs because they contain art, music, videos, pictures, and other creations. Image source: iStock].

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