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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Moral rights (Sections 12-14 UrhG). 4] BGH, 11 May 2017, Die Höhner, GRUR-RR 2018, 61. [5]

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

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Copies of emails between the parties provided to the Court proved that opinions had been exchanged before the composition of the products was finalised. Articles 4(1) and (3) concern the individual powers of the author on moral rights and article 12(2) concerns the transfer of intellectual rights (property and moral).

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS. In 2017, the BGH once more issued a ruling on Section 95a UrhG in relation to the Nintendo DS games console. 3 UrhG mainly created and produced for the purpose of circumventing the plaintiff’s effective technical measures.