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Sunday Surprises

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2024 European Copyright Society (ESC) Conference on conflict and trust in the European copyright system (24 May) The 2024 ECS conference will address current conflicts over the scope and enforcement of European copyright law and look for ways to resolve them in a trustworthy manner and with a balanced outcome.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

4] Copyright Act 1957 [5] Sports.ndtv.com/football/bastian-schweinsteiger-sues-hong-kong-company [6] Indiatoday.in/sports/singapore-billionaire-acquires-ronaldo-image-rights ii] 2003 VIIAD Delhi 405, 2003 (26) PTC 245 Del, 2004 (1) RAJ 10 [iii] The Trademarks Act, 1999. [iv] iv] The Copyrights Act, 1957. [v]

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The case law of the German Federal Court of Justice and other German courts in 2022 – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Christian Wiediger from Unsplash Part I of this annual post reporting on the copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof covered decisions in the areas of copyright protection and exploitation rights, as well as exceptions and limitations. IV. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq.

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German Federal Court of Justice: Copyright Case Law of 2021 – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Christian Wiediger from Unsplash 2021 saw a very active German Bundesgerichtshof (“BGH” – Federal Supreme Court) in the area of copyright law. This article covers the most relevant copyright law decisions of the BGH from that year. Part II will cover claims under copyright law and collecting societies.

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Africa IP highlights 2022 #1: Copyright matters

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The court’s decision was hinged on the fact that the applicant had misrepresented to the respondent that there was a name change when in fact, the company with whom the respondent had earlier contracted was liquidated. As part of the ruling, the judge ordered MCSK to register afresh with KECOBO in accordance with copyright law.

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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

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

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The University and University of London Press Limited agreed into a contract under which the former would receive payment in exchange for receiving the copyright and all other rights to publish the matriculation examination papers. Because they were created by the authors, the exam questions are unique in the sense of copyright laws.