Garrigues Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The tension between freedom of expression and copyright protection has lately been one of the hottest topics in EU and Portuguese copyright laws. This law shows once again the tension and concerns involved in balancing freedom of expression on the one hand with copyright protection on the other hand.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

31, 2022): When an individual’s decision to disseminate an Instagram post is the “very thing the article [is] reporting on,” the use of the Instagram post and its copyrighted material in the reporting has been deemed sufficiently transformative to support a fair use defense. Wallster, Inc. Redbubble, Inc., LEXIS 198181 (C.D.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. INTRODUCTION.

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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. In 2020 and 2021, the Committee held hybrid format sessions of online and in-person participation, with most of the delegations attending remotely.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

148/2017 was issued, which changed the legal position, a legal monopoly was granted to a public entity (SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers ) by Article 180 of the Italian Copyright Law (Law No. Following the reform, other CMOs are allowed to manage copyright on behalf of authors and publishers. 633 of 1941).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. This is the first of a series of blog posts on copyright reform at WIPO. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €

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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. The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […].

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks. IPR Recordation was introduced through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act of 2018 under Section 34B of the Anti-Counterfeit Act which requires all intellectual property rights relating to goods imported into Kenya to be recorded with the ACA.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

However, the ensuing craze and notoriety generated by many high-value NFT transactions has revealed a slew of unanswered legal copyright questions and issues. However, de facto they merely owned proof of ownership without any proprietary value, as all copyright and any related rights were retained and not granted upon purchase.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. .; (8) ” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. For comparison, U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Therefore, case law plays a huge role in ensuring the establishment of a fair and balanced liability regime, in particular as concerns the issue of (indirect) liability for internet service providers and other intermediaries whose services are used to commit copyright infringements. That has now changed.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

10 of 2021, dated May 21, 2021. They may file a claim for damages and/or for the cessation of all conduct relating to the use of said mark. Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection. MOCI Regulation No. Conclusion.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On December 7, 2021, the signatories to the current memorandum attended a meeting with telecoms regulator Roscomnadzor. “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.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

When the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued its fourth ruling in the “Metall auf Metall” copyright sampling case in April 2020, it seemed that the dispute would finally reach the top of the hill (see here ). In 2019, the CJEU clarified that the exclusive right of the phonogram producer under Art. 5 InfoSoc Directive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! We started this rubric in the beginning of 2021. In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The end of 2021 has been particularly busy. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. CJEU judgments.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

The matter was brought in the past before the Greek Copyright Organisation (OPI) and the parties following negotiations found a temporary and partial solution. GEA argued that this gave it the right to collect equitable remuneration for the broadcast of the works under article 49 of the Greek Copyright Law.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

GuestKat Becky Knott commented on the decision of the 2nd Board of Appeal in case R 609/2021-2 [ Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft v European Flipper / Pinball Factory GmbH ], which shows that it is possible to rely on 3D marks in the context of opposition proceedings.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In 2021, when TorrentFreak discovered that whole site deindexing was already underway in the Netherlands, Google was no more talkative than four years earlier. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Interestingly, Google itself had very little to say. Voluntary Deindexing Confirmed Elsewhere in Europe.

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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. A significant number of EU Member States is yet to complete the national transposition process, despite the deadline of 7 June 2021.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.

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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. This eagerly awaited AG Opinion was published on 15 July 2021. 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. CJEU judgments and AG Opinions.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

This post is brought to you by Oprah Nwobike , who is a lawyer and doctoral researcher at Brunel University London focusing on copyright and artificial intelligence in the music industry, under the supervision of IPKat's Dr Hayleigh Bosher. This has become a lingering question in the minds of consumers of online content.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In light of the evolution of the digital practices of Internet users, the new law n° 2021-1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital era seeks to modernise the existing framework by creating a new regulatory authority and providing new tools for rights holders.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On 29 October 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a public consultation looking at how the copyright and patent regimes should deal with artificial intelligence. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Computer-generated works (CGW).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The implementation of the CDSM Directive is still far from over, despite the fact that the implementation deadline passed more than a year ago, on 7 June 2021.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Public sector bodies are in principle barred from exercising their sui generis rights in information that is subject to the Open data and public sector information directive. The implementation deadline for the revamped directive has just passed (17 July 2021). and not charging fees for re-use. 1(6) Open data directive).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

Harmonization With EU Copyright Law Under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 2014, Moldova was required to reform copyright law to meet EU standards. An EU assessment published early 2021 identified many areas in need of attention ( pdf ). Back in Moldova, rightsholder groups were moving ever closer to boiling point.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Thus, the COVID 19 pandemic has underlined the importance of waiving patents and other IP-related rights linked to healthcare products, vaccines, and scientific processes to ensure the accessibility of the same on a global level. TRIPS Council meeting, which was held on 20 th July 2021. Image Source:gettyimages].

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! We started this rubric back in 2021. In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. End of 2021. The second part concentrates on the copyright-related challenges raised by the use of artificial intelligence.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

In previous posts on this Blog we have analyzed some developments in Italy with regards to private and administrative enforcement against illicit distribution of copyright content over the Internet and the use of the dynamic injunction, with special focus on the protection of live sport events. by Tito Rendas. € by Martin Senftleben. €

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Missed deadline and transposition In the same way as many EU member states, Ireland missed the transposition deadline (7 June 2021). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. The key element to note here is that the Regulations are a type of secondary legislation, known as a Statutory Instrument.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. German copyright law stipulates that the author is entitled to appropriate remuneration for every use of their work (Section 32 UrhG). Claims under copyright law. Protection of technical measures (Section 95a UrhG).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. But, could they be considered as works in the sense of European copyright law? Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In May , a High Court in South Africa delivered judgment in Bliss Brands (Pty) Ltd v Advertising Regulatory Board NPC & Others , on the issue of the extent of the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board (‘ARB’) in matters relating to trade mark and copyright laws. This Katpost discussed the case in fuller detail.

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