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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

According to article 1(1): intellectual creators, by creating the work, acquire intellectual property over it, which includes, as exclusive and absolute rights, the right to exploit the work (property right) and the right to protect the personal link to it (moral right). Emphasis added.)

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Protecting Product and Packaging Designs in China Part II – Copyright

LexBlog IP

The protection of moral rights, including the rights of publication, authorship, alteration, and integrity, is perpetual. The term of protection in China is the life of the author plus 50 years for individual authors or 50 years from the first publication of the work for legal entities, unless otherwise provided.

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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 the matter on which the first decision was based, the collective remuneration rules for freelance, full-time journalists for daily newspapers from January 2010 were able to be cited for guidance purposes although the plaintiff was claiming remuneration for a period not covered by the remuneration rules.