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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”). The underlying claim concerned the alleged infringement of database rights and copyright in various aspects of the Bitcoin System. In other words, the Bitcoin File Format did not meet the requirement for “fixation” in s.3(2)

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

The IPKat

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. The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design.

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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 Judgment of the Court was summarized by legal-patent.com.

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A Closer Insight into Copyright related Issues in the Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Commission’s Proposal for a Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This post focuses on selected copyright and related rights matters that the Institute details in its Position Statement. The Data Act Proposal explicitly addresses the relationship between the new right to access and share IoT data and the sui generis database right provided for in Article 7 of Directive 96/9/EC.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As readers know, many Member States missed the deadline, so in February 2023 the Commission referred 11 of them to the CJEU for failure to fully transpose the Directive. CDSM Directive implementation The CDSM Directive implementation is still far from over. Almost all EU member states have implementesd the Directive into their national laws.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

9(3) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 , in view of the early stages of the current developents on AI-generated creative output, the government has decided to make no changes to this provision. With respect to the UK computer-generated provision under s.9(3) Coming soon and latest referrals.

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New Vatican AI Guidelines for the development and use of AI models: from AI training to Vatican’s authorship and ownership of AI-generated outputs (at least within the Vatican City State)

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2) The contents referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be identified by the acronym "IA." (3) 2) The contents referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be identified by the acronym "IA." (3) The Vatican Act does not however detail restricted acts under copyright and other rights, including related and other rights (e.g.,

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