TorrentFreak

MARCH 24, 2025

Draft Law Aims to Tackle Sport’s ‘Structural’ Problems Senators Michel Savin and Laurent Lafon presented a bill last week aimed at reforming professional football through recommendations spanning how the sport is organized, managed and financed.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2023

After spending more than 16 years implementing intellectual property laws introduced in 2005, amendments to intellectual property law in Vietnam came into effect on January 1, 2023. 17/2023/ND-CP offers guidance on various copyright matters related to ISP liability and enforcement measures, including disclosure of customer information.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Whether the government plans to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 to update copyright laws to cover AI-generated content. Varsha suggests imposing requirements on developers to ensure AI development respects the exclusive rights of human creators in training datasets, and users should also be obligated to ensure compliance with relevant laws.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Kat friend Jakub Wyczik provides an enlightening discussion of how AI and the law, especially copyright, intersect, with particular attention to the technical operation of AI. Not only do many express wonder about how these systems work, but there is even doubt whether such users even have rights to such outputs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. According to the AG, it follows from Article 297 TFEU that EU law is, in principle, not capable of benefiting from copyright protection.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2024

The defendant has violated the provisions of the law which protect the copyright and related rights of the Motion Picture Association’s members and the English Premier League,” Judge Le Hai Yen said. This result should serve as a stark warning to anyone involved in the illegal supply of Premier League streams in Vietnam.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It is time to vote for your favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! The IPKat team continues to read and review as many brilliant IP books as possible, of which there are many, for the Kat community.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2025

related rights, performers rights), trade marks (incl., geographical indications), designs, best foreign language/non-English IP book and IP in general (books covering diverse IP rights). The deadline for submissions to the IPKat Book of the Year awards is 31 January 2025. More information here. Further details here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the third trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Stay tuned!

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

While NFT platforms are not yet specifically regulated, they are subject to the provisions on Electronic System Providers (“ESPs”) contained in several regulations, as follows: • Law No. 11 of 2008, dated April 21, 2008, regarding Electronic Information and Transactions, as amended by Law No 19 of 2016, dated November 25, 2016.•

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2021

. “It is understood that these resources are public and controlled by legal entities, which in case of violation of copyright or related rights may act as defendants in court,” the proposals read. Expansion of Memorandum 2.0.

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The IPKat

APRIL 29, 2022

WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). At the wake of the pandemic, the mode of conducting the SCCR’s sessions changed drastically.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 9, 2024

Cloudflare’s services protect all who sign up for them but, while most customers are law-abiding, a minority are not. Cloudflare was represented by LMS Studio Legale, and the law firm’s announcement this week revealed good news for Cloudflare. Cloudflare also provides its services to the public administration.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2022

The form of IPR that seems to have a role here is Copyright and the related rights system. Based on their existing laws and the status of the communities whose TCE is sought to be protected, nations have the option to choose between a sui generis system or alterations to their existing laws. Conventional IPR.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 27, 2022

. “After all, such technological measures currently exist and […] are capable of detecting repeatedly unauthorized storage and access to files containing works or objects of copyright-related rights,” the judges write. The judgment once again confirmed that it works in full compliance with Czech and European law.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […]. ” Interestingly, it turns out that our very own Prashant Reddy seems to have been a trigger for the writing of the book!

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It accounts for a legal license to authorize the use of a copyrighted work in an irrefutable manner, provided that the usage by the user is in compliance with the law and payment of necessary fees. Laws concerning reproduction for personal use do not apply to musical works. The court ruled in Gramophone Co.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 16, 2024

The platform openly explains that it will respond to valid takedown notices, as it’s required to do so by law. Pursuant to our Copyright Policy, we cooperate with all requests to take down content that are used without permission from the rights-holder,” it explains.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2024

No value was placed on deposits but its claimed that Tuan generated profits of 80 to 100 million VND per month (US$3,300 to US$4,100) to an estimated total of 3 billion VND (US$123,000) The authorities are being especially clear on the alleged offenses and which laws apply.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2023

This is a review of the third edition of International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond , by Sam Ricketson (Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) and Jane Ginsburg (Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia Law School).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

The court also pointed out that the following circumstances shall also be taken into account in the establishment of reasonable tariffs for remuneration rights: (i) the nature and scope of the use of the work and objects of related rights; and (ii) the economic value of the service provided by the collective management organisation.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2021

However, the court was of the view that the case law lacks sufficient clarity to enable it to answer the questions without referral to the CJEU. The second case ( 4 Ob 44/21f – in German) relates to an online streaming platform aimed at émigrés from the territory of former Yugoslavia. 2(a) and (e) and Art. 2(a) and (e) and Art.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 5, 2021

Under the Copyright Law, certain copyright and related rights are subject to mandatory collective management, meaning that they can be exercised only through a collective management organisation (CMO). By: International Lawyers Network

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2022

b) the services of the ISP are used by a third party to infringe copyright or related rights in the territory of that Party.

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The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

The preface reiterates that the purpose of the book is to describe the essential nature of living IP law: "What we want is the reader to come away with a good idea of how IP works in practice." The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2021

Under the Copyright Law, certain copyright and related rights are subject to mandatory collective management, meaning that they can be exercised only through a collective management organisation (CMO). Introduction. Such remuneration is payable only to CMOs. Legislative background.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) assumed jurisdiction in a matter involving whether the Court of Patents correctly exercised its discretion when it refused Villa Crop leave to amend its particulars of claim to introduce a special common law defence of unclean hands.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Not a copyright dispute … and the non-role of Article 14 of the DSM Directive In sum: the CHC provides a way to control for-profit reproductions of Italian cultural heritage, irrespective of their copyright status (it is in any case worth recalling that under Italian copyright law moral rights protection is … perpetual).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

6-7 April 2023: “From the DMCA to the DSA: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Online Platform Liability and Copyright Law” The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will hold its 27th annual symposium, on 6 and 7 April 2023, at the International House, UC Berkeley. Click here and here to know more. Click here to know more.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

copyright law that would meaningfully improve press publishers’ ability to block or seek remuneration for news aggregators’ use of their works would necessarily avoid or narrow limitations on copyright that have critical policy and Constitutional dimensions.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A compulsory license is an authorization provided by a national authority to an individual without seeking the consent of the titleholder but after payment of royalties/compensation for the exploitation of the subject matter protected by the law on patents or other IPRs. Reasons for Granting Compulsory License. For more visit: [link].

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azrights

AUGUST 11, 2022

From a copyright law perspective, the initial use of copyright works by the platform for machine learning is infringing unless the platform used licensed or out-of-copyright works or could rely on a copyright defence, such as use for research purposes. Section 178 Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) introduced this law in 1980s.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The RCEP provides the framework to harmonise trade laws and promote the adoption of best global trade facilitation practises. The RCEP Agreement’s GI provisions are compliant with the Law on Geographical Indication (2014). Conclusion. The ASEAN and ASEAN LDCs are anticipated to be significantly impacted by RCEP.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The following guest post comes from Berkeley Law Professor Peter S. Professor Elizabeth Rowe litigated trade secrets cases before entering academia, where she has published numerous trade secret articles and co-authored the first trade secret law casebook. The following is an introduction and request for comments. – D.C.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Image via Pexels Eleonora Rosati discussed the recent assessment of originality in copyright law as considered by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in the case THJ v Sheridan [2023] EWCA Civ 1354. The post highlights the reasoning adopted by Arnold LJ considering the post-Brexit implications on the UK copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

It was formed following a state license, in order to collect, among other things, the equitable remuneration provided by article 49 of Law 2121/93 in favour of producers, performers, and musicians for the public performance of legitimately released sound carriers. This is an extremely important decision.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Readers are reminded that they can vote for their favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! Votes must be made via email before 15th January 2024 as per the instructions below.

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