Garrigues Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The tension between freedom of expression and copyright protection has lately been one of the hottest topics in EU and Portuguese copyright laws. Nobody questions the fact that IP laws need to be enforced on the internet.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dr VRR Ayyar’s book, “Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties (1996)”, published in 2021. The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […].

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

10 of 2021, dated May 21, 2021. Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection. . • Minister of Communication and Informatics Regulation No. MOCI Regulation No. 63122, which covers websites and other digital platforms. Conclusion.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the third trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. This eagerly awaited AG Opinion was published on 15 July 2021. 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The implementation of the CDSM Directive is still far from over, despite the fact that the implementation deadline passed more than a year ago, on 7 June 2021.

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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.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

Harmonization With EU Copyright Law Under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 2014, Moldova was required to reform copyright law to meet EU standards. An EU assessment published early 2021 identified many areas in need of attention ( pdf ). Following ANPFI pleas to the president of Moldova, the U.S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the interim, at least, related rights, trade secrets, or protection against unfair competition, might provide some helpful alternatives. [A Related rights will only apply to video or audio, and, in any event, they are not universally recognized around the world. 2021/41/N/HS5/02726.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 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. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2021, OpenAI’s Dall·E was able to create images in response to text prompts, including those combining unrelated concepts (such as “a snail made of harp”), but the results were merely competent in artistic terms. Registration was refused in August 2019, in line with previous US case law and guidance.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

According to PM, the specific musical repertoire in question was not represented by any collective management organisation (CMO) in Greece or abroad and, therefore, no copyrights, related rights, performance rights, or any other rights of third parties were owed.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! We started this rubric back in 2021. In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. End of 2021. International federation for the phonographic industry (IFPI), Global Music Report 2021.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. .; (8) ” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Act mandated the creation of two Collective Management Organizations, or CMAs, one for representing the interests of the authors and the other to safeguard the interests of related rights owners. The Act further lays down the limitations on copyrights, provides and establishes penalties for infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. But, could they be considered as works in the sense of European copyright law? Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

In fact, until 2017, when the Decree-Law No. 148/2017 was issued, which changed the legal position, a legal monopoly was granted to a public entity (SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers ) by Article 180 of the Italian Copyright Law (Law No. 633 of 1941). 35/2017, whose Art.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Moreover, to the extent that any ancillary copyright protections would lack traditional copyright limitations and exceptions, they would raise significant policy and Constitutional concerns… Any change to U.S. Vidal, 2021-2347 (Fed. Hollywood Reporter : 12 Notorious Movies and TV Shows That Have Never Been Released.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The 42nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 9 to 13 May 2022 in Geneva. In 2020 and 2021, the Committee held hybrid format sessions of online and in-person participation, with most of the delegations attending remotely.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Missed deadline and transposition In the same way as many EU member states, Ireland missed the transposition deadline (7 June 2021). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. Section 53A). The exception is broadly similar to that contained in Article 3 of the Directive.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In May , a High Court in South Africa delivered judgment in Bliss Brands (Pty) Ltd v Advertising Regulatory Board NPC & Others , on the issue of the extent of the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board (‘ARB’) in matters relating to trade mark and copyright laws. This Katpost discussed the case in fuller detail.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). A third alternative: the related rights approach.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Public sector bodies are in principle barred from exercising their sui generis rights in information that is subject to the Open data and public sector information directive. The implementation deadline for the revamped directive has just passed (17 July 2021). But the Data governance act would do more. by Tito Rendas. €

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

The use of AI technology to generate images or music and other creative works, has legal implications for copyright and related rights of creators and rightsholders. It has the capacity to run through a large number of tasks extremely quickly, which allows it to become more capable at performing tasks it has been trained to do.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

The need of further legal means for combating the piracy of live sport events has recently lead the European Parliament to issue a Resolution of 19 May 2021 with recommendations to the Commission on challenges of sports events organizers in the digital environment. The new Resolution of the European Parliament on sport events: the background.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

One of the hurdles faced by AI developers that using synthetic data may help overcome arises under the EU Copyright Directive (the “Copyright Directive”). [1] 1] Directive (EU) 2019/790 of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, OJ 130/92, pp.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

The plaintiff, a leading multinational software manufacturer, owned the rights to exploit the programs. 3) According to the Court, the term “sale” used in article 41 of the Copyright Law must be interpreted in a broad sense.

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Barry Sookman

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-12-11 [link] 2021-12-12. Canadian courts confirm significant limits on privacy class actions [link] 2021-12-13. Judge Cote Grants Google a TRO Against Operators of Malicious "Botnet" [link] 2021-12-13. link] 2021-12-13. 567/2021 [link] 2021-12-13.

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IPilogue

JULY 8, 2021

On 19 April 2019, the European Parliament and Council adopted the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market. June 7, 2021 was the deadline for the member states to enact their national laws in accordance with the Directive. Tugce Kucukali is an IPilogue Writer and incoming LL.M.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. There are two possible forms of remuneration under French copyright law: royalties based on the revenues deriving from the exploitation of the work, and, as an exception to this rule, fixed royalties in the form of a lump sum.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness” by Jan Bernd Nordemann. At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. This begs the question of how EU law can and should meet this challenge. Part II is available here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. Claims under copyright law.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

On 5 August 2021 the Italian Council of Ministers, upon proposal from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture, adopted the draft Legislative Decree that would transpose the Directive into Italian law. The Legislative Decree is expected to be formally adopted shortly after the end of the summer recess/early Autumn 2021.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law. The implementation of this right is another challenge unless the press publishers exercise their rights collectively. After a tussle with Facebook in 2021, Australia adopted News Media Bargaining Code.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

17 CDSM Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSMD) : According to the Grand Chamber of the CJEU, the provision imposes a de facto obligation on service providers to use automatic content recognition tools in order to prevent copyright infringements by users of the platform.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

ALLEA agrees, and therefore favours copyright rules that allow for OA publication of (partially) publicly funded research with immediate access and no embargo. Negotiate future deals considering national and EU copyright law. 6] ALLEA “Statement on Equity in Open Access” (2021): [link]. [7] Recommendations. 8] (a) Art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Article 17 Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (“DSM Directive”) is currently being implemented into national law in the EU Member States. There is some controversy as to how the right of communication to the public as mentioned in Art. Image of conolan on Pixabay.

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