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2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 3 (Copyrights and More)

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” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. Additionally, we note that this Study revealed little demand for additional copyright-related rights for press publishers.

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Introducing the Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide

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These efforts came to fruition with passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA). Unlike a patent, which affords an exclusive right about the public, trade secrets are relative rights.

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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

Travel costs which a journalist incurs in the course of their research do not fall within the scope of application of Section 32 UrhG, but merely remuneration for the use of rights. In the view of the BGH, an infringement of the film producer’s related right does not require that a copyright protected part had been used.

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Athens court rules on moral damages in software infringement case

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This prevents the possible infringement of the exclusive right to reproduce a computer program provided for in article 42(2) of the Copyright Law, which belongs to the creator or author of the relevant program. In other words, it is the price of a program that has not been designed to cover the needs of a specific natural or legal person.

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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. Section 53A).

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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. 1] BGH, 5 November 2015, Wagenfeld-Leuchte II , NJW 2016, 2338. [2]