Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 15, 2021
The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). In Part I of this set of posts, I describe draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy.
IP and Legal Filings
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. 5 of 2020, dated November 16, 2020, regarding ESP in the Private Sector, as amended by MOCI Regulation No.
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The IPKat
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Unlike Botswana (see November, below), there is no official copy of the draft policy available online. Thanks to some Katfriends though, this Kat was privileged able to see a copy of the draft policy before the validation exercise. November: Botswana launched its first ever National Intellectual Property Policy (BIPP).
The IPKat
DECEMBER 15, 2023
In September , the Kenya Copyright Board announced the initiation of the Blank Tape Levy collection , effective from September 15th, 2023, as outlined in Section 28(3)(6) and 30(6) of the Kenya Copyright Act and the Second Schedule part B of the Copyright Regulations 2020. This Bill aims to repeal the Copyright Act 2001 in its entirety.
LexBlog IP
AUGUST 30, 2023
Copies of emails between the parties provided to the Court proved that opinions had been exchanged before the composition of the products was finalised. Compensation presupposes culpability and infringement of IP (or related rights) (i.e., 5) Supreme Court 484/2020. (6) 6) Athens First Instance Court 970/2020. (7)
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Cost of rights management by CMOs. Law 4481/2017 also regulates the cost of rights management by CMOs, which must be reasonable. Also, article 18(3) of Law 4481/2017 states as follows: Management fees of the collective management organisation shall not exceed the justified and documented costs in managing copyright and related rights.
The IPKat
APRIL 29, 2022
WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). At the wake of the pandemic, the mode of conducting the SCCR’s sessions changed drastically. see here ).
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