Copyright Database Right Reference 
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
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 ”).
SpicyIP
MARCH 25, 2025
The obvious first place to look at would be copyright. Can data collected during a survey or research project be copyrighted? Under the Copyright Act, facts do not enjoy copyright protection. To enjoy copyright, a work must meet the standard of modicum of creativity. Various Indian case laws exist on the same.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 17, 2021
The facts of the case are expertly described by Tatiana Synodinou in her comment on the AG’s Opinion and we refer the readers to them. In a nutshell, a specialist search engine engaging in re-use of substantial parts of the database of a job adverts website was accused of violating sui generis database right.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 16, 2025
Photo by Matt Popovich on Unsplash Introduction The 2019 Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive is a complex legislative text that raises several questions of legal interpretation. The Publishers argue that this infringes their exclusive rights to reproduction and to making available their work to the public.
IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 19, 2022
With increased database bytes and memory and less use of paper bundles, it has altered how offices and workplaces operate. A database is a term used to refer to a group of data that has been methodically organized and recorded, either on paper or on any other type of electronic medium, like a computer.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. According to the AG, it follows from Article 297 TFEU that EU law is, in principle, not capable of benefiting from copyright protection.
The IPKat
MARCH 18, 2023
As someone who has also authored a practical guide ( Copyright in the Music Industry ) that is aimed at a novice audience, this Kat must stress the intended audience of the book and, as such, the lack of references and appendices of legal texts.
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