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Dutch court rejects claims for sui generis database protection of national company register

The IPKat

In the era of fake news, reliable sources of information are more valuable than ever. Accessing those registers usually comes at a cost, prompting some commercial parties to offer the same information at a lower price. Although generic information (e.g. All Dutch companies are by law required to register with the KvK.

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A Big Win for Dalit Researchers: Implications for IP

SpicyIP

here and here ) In this case, one will need to prove that the data compilation does qualify as TS or confidential information. Is there a sui generis protection for computer databases? ( see definition of computer database) Unlike Europe, India does not have sui generis database rights. However, sec.

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The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The outcome of the consultation is supposed to inform the government with respect to a potential legislative reform of the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA). Ownership for patent inventions. The consultation closed in the beginning of January 2022. The text and data mining (TDM) exception – section 29A CDPA.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

The discussion revolves around the protection available for a sports league schedule, assembled by a sports website based on available information. The authors look at the issue from the perspective of US and EU approaches to database protection. Partridge, offers a view on the overlaps between trade marks and domain names.

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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)

The IPKat

The Vatican Act does not however detail restricted acts under copyright and other rights, including related and other rights (e.g., the sui generis database right). The Vatican approach is admittedly intriguing, also considering the long-vexed issue of ownership of AI-generated outputs.

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