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Advertising on Pirate Sites Outlawed in Ukraine Under New Law

TorrentFreak

When Russia invaded and then annexed Crimea in 2014, Ukraine’s vision for the future would be challenged like never before. After a three-month introductory period, the new rules will start being enforced early October, including measures that govern advertising on the internet. To the east, war, regression, and Vladimir Putin.

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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

The IPKat

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Related rights. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. Following on from the CJEU decision in UsedSoft I and the BGH decision in UsedSoft II , the BGH further outlined the issue of exhaustion of copies of works transmitted online in the 2014 UsedSoft III case.

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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.

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Case study: “copyright-free” in-store music and collective management

LexBlog IP

Such music is used as a background for the broadcasting of advertising messages that are heard in such commercial spaces on a daily basis. The advertising messages are played at a higher volume than the music. 24010/21-10-2014 and 23446/15-07-2014. (3) Endnotes. (1) 1) Law 2121/1993. (2) 3) Decision No. 5653/2017. (4)

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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 this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS. The objective value of the right of use had to be determined, in which context it was irrelevant whether and to what extent the infringer themselves would have been willing to pay remuneration for their acts of use.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. 3] BGH, 18 September 2014, CT-Paradies, GRUR 2015, 258. [4] 2] BGH, 16 April 2015, GRUR 2015, 1189. [3]