Sat.Jul 27, 2024

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South Africa Rejects Copyright Lobby Critique, Defends Broad ‘Fair Use’ Exceptions

TorrentFreak

The American copyright industry is one of the country’s primary exports, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue. Whether it’s movies, music, software or other goods, U.S. companies are among the global market leaders. To protect the interests of these businesses around the world, copyright holder groups can count on help from the U.S.

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Happy 30th birthday, EU Plant Variety Rights Regulation!

The IPKat

The EU Regulation on Community plant variety rights is celebrating its 30th birthday today! This is a significant milestone for the Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994, also known as the "Basic Regulation," which established the unitary intellectual property right for plant varieties. An important birthday A Kat celebrates a major birthday Thirty years is a noteworthy amount of time for plant varieties: it is the maximum duration of plant variety rights (PVR) protection for many p