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
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
The ICO response to the consultation series on generative AI In January 2024, the ICO launched a consultation series on how aspects of data protection law should apply to the development and use of generative AI models, and the ICO released their outcomes report in December 2024.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 17, 2021
as a reporting judge), a case involving Melons’ infringement of CV-Online Latvia’s database of job advertisements arguably protected by the sui generis right. 41 of the judgment also opens doors to the assessment of fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and of information, on the level of infringement test.
SpicyIP
MARCH 25, 2025
NCSC, nudged by the BHC, initiated an inquiry and submitted a report recommending compensation as per the Atrocities Act and rules In response, the State refused to provide compensation for the loss of raw data collected during the survey under Rule 12(4) for damage to property. Is there a sui generis protection for computer databases? (
The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2022
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.
The IPKat
MARCH 6, 2022
The IPKat has reported on a few of them below. Marks IP has reported on the background to the dispute and the JPO's decision on the invalidity action. The concepts and role of the informed user and the degree of freedom of choice were recently clarified in Turkish design law, and Marques has reported on the case.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 18, 2021
For public sector bodies — producers and holders of vast quantities of data — as well as for the companies that act as suppliers, the sui generis database right has been slowly eroded since 2003. What ideas the Commission has with respect to the Database directive is difficult to gauge from the consultation.
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