article thumbnail

A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

But for anyone who had expected the Data Act to include a revision of the Database Directive — an ambition that the Commission had signalled in both the 2020 Data Strategy and the 2020 Intellectual Property Action Plan — the final proposal will be a major disappointment. A right that shall not be exercised.

article thumbnail

Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

The IPKat

This is a review of Guidebook to Intellectual Property (seventh edition) authored by Sir Robin Jacob (8 New Square and UCL, Matthew Fisher (UCL) and Lynne Chave (UCL). Kat approved This book is aimed at those who are new to the subject of intellectual property.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The authors look at the issue from the perspective of US and EU approaches to database protection.

article thumbnail

A Big Win for Dalit Researchers: Implications for IP

SpicyIP

2023, the Bombay HC (Nagpur Bench) delivered a salient judgement , with significant implications for both the SC/ST Act and Intellectual Property. The couple petitioned the National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) to seek compensation for the loss caused due to the damage to their intellectual property (IP).

IP 59
article thumbnail

Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Fast forward and see: The Database directive stands unchanged and there is still no clear evidence that the then-new intellectual property right is an effective instrument. because there is no public access regime that applies, or because third parties own intellectual property rights.

article thumbnail

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

The IPKat

The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work. SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher reviewed " Performers' Rights " by the Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

article thumbnail

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash. All-purpose TDM. by Edward J.