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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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A Big Win for Dalit Researchers: Implications for IP

SpicyIP

Is there a sui generis protection for computer databases? ( see definition of computer database) Unlike Europe, India does not have sui generis database rights. 2(o) of the Copyright Act provides that literary work includestables and compilation including acomputer database. as exclusionary right. (ER)

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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. PATENTS GuestKat Rose Hughes reported on a decision by the Court of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the life science field on a dosage regime claim.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Among other things, the proposal clarifies that the " sui generis database right " introduced by the Database Directive does not apply to databases containing data originating from or generated by the use of a connected device. PATENTS The EPO's new guidelines for examination came into force at the beginning of March.

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

The IPKat

The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design. The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-12-04

Barry Sookman

UK law on database rights post brexit, Genius Sports Technologies Ltd & Ors v Soft Construct (Malta) Ltd & Ors [202… [link] 2021-12-02. Getting ready for Quebec’s Bill 64 privacy law impacts on outsourcing [link] 2021-12-02. link] 2021-12-02.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

The book consists of 21 chapters, each of which addresses a distinct pair of IP rights, where IP is given a broad swathe of meaning. Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. In Chapter 5, Robert Harrison focuses on the interactions between patents and utility models.