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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This clarification was already in the works: the proposal for a revised Open data and public sector information directive (not coincidentally also from April 2018) severely limits the use of the sui generis database rights by the public sector. and not charging fees for re-use. 1(6) Open data directive). by Tito Rendas. €

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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ‘European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021’ (hereinafter ‘ the Regulations’ ). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021.

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Africa IP Highlights #2: The trademarks arena

The IPKat

The Plaintiffs highlighted specific instances where the Defendants falsely represented themselves as the Plaintiffs when applying for work for the Kenya Film Commission’s Technical Proposal KFC/OT/05/2013/2014 by using the Plaintiffs’ trademark ‘ACAL' without the Plaintiffs’ authority or consent.