The IPKat
MARCH 6, 2022
It's time for a weekly review of posts from the surrounding IP blogs over the past week! This article provides an overview of the current trends in the U.S. Marks IP has reported on the background to the dispute and the JPO's decision on the invalidity action. The IPKat has reported on a few of them below.
The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2022
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. Reminder: last call to vote for your best IP book of 2021 by participating in the poll here !
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 28, 2022
The Data Act Proposal explicitly addresses the relationship between the new right to access and share IoT data and the sui generis database right provided for in Article 7 of Directive 96/9/EC. Key coordination issues. The Institute explains in detail how this provision should be interpreted and how it could be improved.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 18, 2021
The consultation document restates the fundamental right to intellectual property as the fundamental principle of ‘protection of the intellectual creations of individuals in the online space’ but is otherwise silent on IP. What ideas the Commission has with respect to the Database directive is difficult to gauge from the consultation.
IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 19, 2022
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.
The IPKat
JANUARY 17, 2022
In a recent case before the Dutch (district) court of Midden-Nederland, the question arose whether database rights can be invoked to prevent third parties reusing and offering data retrieved from the national company register. For those Kats accessing a company register frequently, the decision is certainly worth the read.
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The CJEU’s recognition of the added value for customers that content aggregators can create, and the refined and subtle (while perhaps not totally clear) balancing act suggested by the decision, makes CV-Online Latvia an important addition to the CJEU’s database right jurisprudence.
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