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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

In 2017, he met the first defendant, a high-ranking executive in an international food-industry company. Articles 4(1) and (3) concern the individual powers of the author on moral rights and article 12(2) concerns the transfer of intellectual rights (property and moral). Emphasis added.)

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement.

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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 2017, the BGH once more issued a ruling on Section 95a UrhG in relation to the Nintendo DS games console. The question as to whether the required serious infringement of moral rights had occurred could, the BGH ruled, only be ascertained on the basis of an analysis of the entire circumstances of the specific case.

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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. Moral rights (Sections 12-14 UrhG). 4] BGH, 11 May 2017, Die Höhner, GRUR-RR 2018, 61. [5]