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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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DESIGNS The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) sent a referral to the CJEU (Case C-684/21) on the role of alternative designs in the examination of Article 8(1) of Regulation 6/2002. SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher reviewed " Performers' Rights " by the Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

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A Closer Insight into Copyright related Issues in the Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Commission’s Proposal for a Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Institute acknowledges that the Data Act Proposal seeks to strike a balance between promoting access to and sharing of IoT data and protecting other conflicting rights. This post focuses on selected copyright and related rights matters that the Institute details in its Position Statement. Key coordination issues.

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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Fast forward and see: The Database directive stands unchanged and there is still no clear evidence that the then-new intellectual property right is an effective instrument. So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.

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In addition, potential and tangible intersections between intellectual property and these trending topics were recently discussed by The Trademark Lawyer Magazine. This article provides an overview of the current trends in the U.S. The Judgment of the Court was summarized by legal-patent.com.

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A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

But for anyone who had expected the Data Act to include a revision of the Database Directive — an ambition that the Commission had signalled in both the 2020 Data Strategy and the 2020 Intellectual Property Action Plan — the final proposal will be a major disappointment. A right that shall not be exercised.

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Are AI models’ weights protected databases?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, it’s unclear whether the models themselves are currently protected by intellectual property laws. However, in the EU there is another strong candidate for protecting model weights: the sui generis protection for databases established in Directive 96/9. If model weights qualify as a database, what then?

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Copyright Protection For Databases In India

IP and Legal Filings

Every Indian citizen has the fundamental right to liberty and the right to privacy thanks to the protections provided by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. In addition to this, numerous other sections address various facets of upholding database rights.