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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Summary In the case of Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWHC 222 the High Court was faced with a technical copyright question about whether literary copyright can subsist in the file format used for the Bitcoin System (the “ Bitcoin File Format ”). 3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”).

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

The IPKat

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

The IPKat

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

As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2023 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness” by Jan Bernd Nordemann. A vanishing right? Factfulness, p.