The IPKat

APRIL 13, 2022

Three years after its adoption, the discussion of and around the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital SingleMarket 2019/790 (‘DSM Directive’) is anything but exhausted.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2024

Here’s this week’s selection of opportunities and events for the IPKat community! The event will explore national transpositions and available case-law in Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria. The event will take place on February 27 and the registration is available here. Participation is free, but registration is required here.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 16, 2024

The company, which facilitates online spaces for games, online gatherings and other events, was contacted by Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, which pointed out the existence of several ‘pirate streaming’ worlds. VRChat Takedowns Virtual world platform VRChat was recently made acutely aware of this brewing clash.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? Recital 8 acknowledges, on the one hand, the value and potential of TDM but, on the other hand, notes the restrictions that copyright and related rights pose to the doing of TDM activities without a licence.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2022

Perfect timing for our Sunday rundown of key IP events and opportunities for the rest of this month and the start of June! The event will take place at the Moorgate offices of Simmons & Simmons (1 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9SS, UK) starting at 2pm, and drinks and canapés will be served in the evening. Picture by idea-saras.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

November is here, autumn is in full gear and so is this issue of Sunday Surprises with new IP events and new opportunities. Events This Kat is always amazed by the colours of the leaves in autumn. At the event, the speaker, Rt. Details about this and other events are available here. UCL - AI: Reinventing Inventorship?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the interim, at least, related rights, trade secrets, or protection against unfair competition, might provide some helpful alternatives. [A Related rights will only apply to video or audio, and, in any event, they are not universally recognized around the world.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Swedish draft wording seems to suggest that the hosting safe harbour shall not apply to online content-sharing service providers (OCSSPs) altogether. Another notable feature can be found under Section 52(I).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

With a new month comes a new post with the best and latest IP events and opportunities. Events IP Lawyers Tool - 1st World Robot Patent Drafting Symposium - 23 and 24 September 2022 - Cannes, France IP Lawyers Tool will hold the 1st World Robot Patent Drafting Symposium on 23 and 24 September 2022 from 1:00pm to 8:00pm (CEST).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Recital 18 in the Directive distinguishes between two different scenarios: In the case of content that has been made publicly available online, it should only be considered appropriate to reserve the rights in Article 4(1) by the use of machine-readable means, including metadata and terms and conditions of a website or a service.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2022

So far only the press release is available, and here's what it says: In today’s judgment, the Court dismisses that action brought by Poland.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A Kat trying to submit a paper A new month has begun and, together with that, here are the latest opportunities and events to find out about. Events 24 February 2023: “What Does My Claim Cover?” UNION-IP will hold an event, titled "What Does My Claim Cover? Click here to know more. More information here. More details to come.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For instance, copyright protection has been denied to photographs taken by paparazzi and photographs of sport events. Photographs that do not meet the abovementioned creativity threshold do not automatically fall in the public domain, but are protected by a related right as simple photographs.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 9, 2024

” The decision, handed down by the Court of Milan’s Specialized Section, denied Serie A’s first request after finding that the power to impose registration to Piracy Shield sits beyond the scope of powers assigned to the Court. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

On 22 September 2022, the AG Szpunar issued his opinion in the AKM case on the interpretation of communication to the public by a satellite. Coming soon and latest referrals.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Moreover and in any event, recognizing a person as ‘that’ person does not equal considering the image at issue as a trade mark. Comment Whether a figurative sign consisting of a person’s portrait is protectable by intellectual property is a thought-provoking question.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Legal arrangements concerning a system of fees compensating creators, holders of related rights and their successors for permitted personal uses based on the provisions of Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29 have functioned unchanged in Polish law since 1994. b) entitled CMOs in a proportion determined by the provisions of the Act.

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The IPKat

MAY 31, 2022

The IP Finance Blog has written a detailed report on many of the issues raised at the event. The Commission urges the above Member States to fully transpose the Directive into national law, for which the transposition deadline was June 2021.

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The IPKat

MAY 8, 2022

The practice set out in the Examination Guide is silent as to how the Registrar’s enforcement of the protection of famous names under section 3(6) is to be reconciled with the existence of a relative right to object and the express prohibition contained in Article 2 of the Trade Marks (Relative Grounds) Order 2007.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the revenues of European football clubs, audiovisual rights still have a crucial role in securing the financing of sports events in the European Union. At the same time, a global paradigm of online piracy enabling the retransmission of sports events on a worldwide basis has dynamically emerged.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Moreover, the existence of national bodies and co-regulatory initiatives to combat online piracy are taken into account in the analysis, as well as the relevant case law at the EU and national level related to the infringement of audiovisual sports content and the reports and studies concerning piracy of audiovisual sports content. “The

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

This seems to have pushed EU Member States towards compliance – the latest examples here are the Irish European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (19 November), the Italian Decree (published on 27 November), and the Estonian Act implementing the Directive (8 December).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

3] After adversarial proceedings, any site that “seriously and repeatedly infringes copyright and related rights” may be added to this public list for a maximum period of one year. Finally, a new means for combating the illegal broadcasting of sporting events and competitions is added to the French sports code. [5]

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

According to AGCOM, DAZN’s evidence was supported by a declaration that the reported domain names are “unequivocally intended for the violation of copyright or related rights of audiovisual works,” including sporting events broadcast live.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Policy European Commission, Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events On 4 May 2023, the European Commission issued a recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In the event of an unexpected success of a work, the author can even become entitled to a subsequent claim for additional remuneration (Section 32a UrhG, bestseller or fairness compensation). If they issue their own offers, they are liable for such offers, in the event of infringement, as perpetrators.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Through this post you can have a better understanding of reproduction under copyright and related rights , quotation and pastiche , artists’ contracts and internet piracy as well as the Creation Records case. Artificial Intelligence Antonios Baris discussed the decision in Arijit Singh v.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2021

Those users now have the right, which is enforceable against the providers of those services and rightholders, to make legitimate use, on those services, of protected subject matter, including the right to rely on exceptions and limitations to copyright and related rights.”

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This issue has also raised the question of how to strike the right balance between the respective interests and rights of intellectual property owners on the one hand and amateur creators, users and content sharing services on the other.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The reason is that, as noted below, the Directive provides that IMEs can be in charge of the collective management of copyright and related rights and that, inter alia , “ right holders should be free to entrust the management of their rights to independent management entities.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

In any event, it remains to be seen what requirements will be included in the final EU AI Act. 1] Directive (EU) 2019/790 of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, OJ 130/92, pp. 4 provides exceptions or limitations for the purposes of text and data mining for other purposes.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It does this by recognising performers’ and producers’ exclusive and absolute right, in some cases, (and in other cases a simple relative right to ask for an equitable remuneration) to allow or prohibit certain uses of their contributions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Institute is actively exploring the impact of genAI on copyright law via a dedicated series of events, roundtables, lectures and publications. Jurisdiction According to the EU AI Act and its Recital 106 providers of general-purpose AI models should put in place a policy to comply with Union law on copyright and related rights.

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IP Whiteboard

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Also open for discussion is the legal framework applicable to AI inventions and liability in the event of infringement. Copyright and related rights. Input is sought on the morality and efficacy of this approach and on the level of human input into AI systems that create inventions. copyright protection for AI software.

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The IPKat

JULY 20, 2023

In his Opinion, AG Collins recalled the distinction – or, as he called it – the ‘dichotomy’ between copyright and related rights and noted that, under Article 2(e) of the InfoSoc Directive, what is protected is indeed the fixation of a broadcast, not the broadcast itself.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When RARBG suddenly ended its operations at the end of May 2023, the absence of notice coupled with the immediate and comprehensive nature of the shutdown felt different to similar events of the past. The RARBG team mentioned several factors that contributed to their decision to throw in the towel, but none even hinted at legal issues.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

While enjoying (or not) this heatwave, check the latest IP events and opportunities to be cool for the summer! The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. closing dinner), IP Lunches (incl.

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