The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Kevin Bercimuelle-Chamot analysed the recent ruling concerning the Tour de France in relation to the decision of the French Court of Appeal on whether the “TOUR DE FRANCE” trade mark had been infringed by the registration of a later trade mark that presented the addition of the words “A LA RAME”.

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The IPKat

MAY 19, 2022

Last month, Katfriends Desmond Oriakhogba and Dick Kawooya provided a highlight of the key portions of the Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es) proposed by the Africa Group to WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR). The 42nd session of the WIPO SCCR was held from 9 to 13 May 2022.

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2023

Other Italian and foreign copyright and related rights collecting societies have also claimed that their music catalogues were taken down illegitimately and have requested Meta to restore their music on the relevant services. SIAE claims that Meta did not negotiate transparently. It could test the applicability of Art. 17 (4), a).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 16, 2024

“During BREIN’s research, each of the ‘worlds’ had between a thousand and four thousand users present at the same time. “By addressing this at an early stage, BREIN prevents the normalization of misuse of VR technology for infringement of copyright and related rights.

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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Congress is aimed at discussing six main topics and their relation to the Metaverse: the European Digital Acts, the Legal Status of Avatars and Digital Identity, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Content and Conduct Moderation, Virtual Worlds as Markets and Cybersecurity. The deadline is set on the 20 December 2023.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dr VRR Ayyar’s book, “Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties (1996)”, published in 2021. There is however one stand-out entry that looks like it will be of interest to several of our readers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The report’s findings as regards Article 17 CDSMD were presented at the first session (“Fragmentation or Harmonisation? As opposed to Article 15 CDSMD, Article 17 CDSMD does not introduce a new related right to EU copyright law. Instead, it expands the protections already afforded by copyright and related rights law.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

The introduction of Law 4481/2017 into the Greek legislation aimed to regulate the collective management of IP and relative rights, thus amending the EU Collective Rights Management Directive. (1) The A & K Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm website can be accessed at www.metaxopouloslaw.gr.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 13, 2024

Rightsholders Paint a Pirate Picture Instead, the court went along with evidence presented by rightsholders, including a report compiled by a representative from the Association for the Fight against Audiovisual Piracy ( ALPA ). The company didn’t share the underlying database for review either.

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The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

The book is presented in five parts, described in the book as “broadly along the lines drawn by the main Acts of Parliament dealing with these branches of law.” The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Additionally, we note that this Study revealed little demand for additional copyright-related rights for press publishers. However, I find that Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that such exceptional circumstances are present here.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2023

In particular the new edition includes coverage of: • The adoption of two new international treaties: the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled 2013, in relation to exceptions and limitations; and the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances 2012.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, it can be understood to mean that: Under similar conditions and with the same objectives, no other creator, according to reasonable probability, would be able to create a similar work; or The work presents an individual singularity or reaches a creative level some distance from the already known.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The white paper was presented on Tuesday during the “ Protecting Open Licenses in the EU Copyright Reform ” session at the Creative Commons global summit. This provision was added later in the negotiations to address widespread criticism from civil society and academia.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With the adoption of both the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union has moved away from the notice-and-takedown model for copyright enforcement and content moderation. Click here to know more. The submission deadline is 30 March 2023.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2022

More on this in a separate post… And here are matters this Kat is keeping 3 of the 5 senses, alert for: As reported on The IPKat in May , the Africa Group at WIPO proposed a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es) to WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From a copyright perspective, surely that image is a ‘work’, but could it be also regarded as original enough to warrant protection under that IP right (without considering related rights in accordance with Article 6 of the Term Directive )? I think that a distinction needs to be drawn between different types of portraits.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Available from: [link] ; [accessed on 09/10/2024] [3] Caso, Roberto & Dore, Giulia, Academic copyright, open access and the “moral” second publication right (2021).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Sessions include contributed papers, keynote presentations, and policy-focused panel discussions. It will feature approximately 10 paper presentations. They foster an interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge. This year's conference will be held from 14 to 16 September. Applications are open until 16 September 2022.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

The latter does not directly provide for the mandatory establishment of an exclusive right of cable retransmission for the benefit of broadcasting organisations. However, Member States can provide for such a right in their legislations. Rights of authors and related rights: united or separated? 403/08 and C?429/08,

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The LRTK notes that the unique addresses (URL, Uniform Resource Locator) of websites that access specific illegally published objects of copyright and related rights have already been removed from the Google search system before. In this case, however, presenting court orders isn’t an issue.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The evolution of quantum computing technology presents many legal regulatory questions. What kinds of IP related rights would apply to quantum computing technology? These advancements are of great area of interest to societies, businesses, international organisations, governments etc. billion by 2027. Image Source: IStock].

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SpicyIP

JUNE 2, 2023

The plaintiff asserted that the copyright in the film, as well as all indirect, derivative and related rights associated with the film, are vested in the plaintiff and sought a decree for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from publishing and distributing the novel.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The 42nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 9 to 13 May 2022 in Geneva. Image by Ag Ku via Pixabay. This was the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started that most of the delegates were reunited in person.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The workshops are aimed at junior IP practitioners and participants will be presented with a hypothetical case study involving two brands and invited to discuss how to negotiate a coexistence agreement to benefit both of them. Registrations are open and further information can be found here. Researchers, including Ph.D.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Apart from that, the defendant would not only act as a technical service provider in relation to the broadcasting companies, but in an autonomous position, because it would decide itself on the composition of its packages and thus create its own additional offer for end customers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Such identification must be present both at the beginning of the broadcast and at the beginning of the content, both at the end of the broadcast and at the end of the content, as well as at every resumption of the program following an advertising break. Notwithstanding the provisions of art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

2121/1993 on “Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters” ), as well as L. 4481/2017, on “Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights” ( ΦΕΚ Α’ 100/20.7.2017 ). As it introduces a new related/neighbouring right for press publishers (PPR), the provision has been placed in Section VII of L.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Even if technical rules and time limits must be followed, moments or scenes of creativity are present. 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

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he The proposal is the second major element of the European Data Strategy presented in 2020 and complements the Data Governance Act that is expected to be formally adopted this spring. T]he European Commission published its proposal for a Data Act.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Unlike economic rights, that safeguard the economic interests of copyright holders, moral rights are a specific legal instrument that allow certain creators to control the treatment of their works and their presentation to others. Nevertheless, a more precise characterisation is that this is a new related right.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Discussion and Reasoning In the opinion of AG Szpunar, there is a need to reconcile the rights at issue; the protection of private life and personal data on one hand, and the right to property enshrined in Article 17 of the Charter , which the graduated response mechanism seeks to uphold by protecting copyright and related rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

A third alternative: the related rights approach. We followed the approach of distinguishing between creation and dissemination of works, so as to propose transforming the current CGWs provisions into a neighbouring rights provision.

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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. Law 4481/2017 Article 6 of Law 4481/2017 states: 1.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While “form” is less interesting for the purposes of this analysis, with regard to methods, Member States are presented with two important choices: a) between literal (“copy-out”) transposition and an “elaboration” on the rules set out in the directive; and. Targeted users.

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