Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 4, 2022
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.
The IPKat
MAY 29, 2023
The fictitious German inventors want to commercialise their invention, yet do not have sufficient funds to seek patent registration. He also explains the history of why utility models never became an EU-wide right. The authors look at the issue from the perspective of US and EU approaches to database protection.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 16, 2021
This case relates to the sui generis database right and its application to the activity of search engines. With respect to the copyright/trade mark overlap, a case on the registrability of the marks ‘ ANIMAL FARM ’ and ‘ 1984 ’ is still pending before the EUIPO’s Grand Board of Appeal. CJEU judgments and AG Opinions.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 7, 2022
As for the text and data mining exception, the government has decided to introduce a new copyright and database right exception which allows text and data mining for any purpose. With respect to the UK computer-generated provision under s.9(3) Stay tuned for a detailed comment on the blog on this front in the coming weeks.
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