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Michelangelo’s David and cultural heritage images. The Italian pseudo-intellectual property and the end of public domain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

107-108 of the Legislative Decree 42/2004 , Cultural Heritage Code “Codice dei Beni Culturali” (the public law on the regulation of cultural heritage) and, by analogy, art. They merge and overlap pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests, such as public law (Legislative Decree 42/2004) and private law (Civil Code).

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

There is a significant push at this week’s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.

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IPKat event announcement: (Re-)discovering the copyright basics – Originality after THJ v Sheridan

The IPKat

In late 2023, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales issued its judgment in THJ v Sheridan [2023] EWCA Civ 1354. The judgment in THJ v Sheridan appears to have already had a tangible impact, including on the art and cultural heritage sector. but also online The Chair is Luke McDonagh , Assistant Professor of Law (LSE).

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EU Agreement on the Text of a New AI Act

IP Watchdog

On December 8, 2023, provisional agreement was reached between the European Union (EU) Parliament and the EU Council on the basic content of the new AI Regulation (the “AI Act”) to be implemented as legislation in the EU. The text is still not publicly available as it is subject to certain further refinement over the coming weeks.

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Generative AI, Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright: Towards a Statutory Remuneration Right grounded in Fundamental Rights – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

District Court of Columbia of 18 August 2023, No 22-1564, specifying that ‘human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright’. On 21 February 2023, the USCO reviewed the registration of the comic book “Zarya of the Dawn” (Registration No. Moreover, the Italian Supreme Court, in decision no.

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Impact of other related Intellectual Property rights on the Pharmaceutical Industry

IIPRD

To qualify as a patentable invention, the invention: must not be in the public domain or have been published or used previously; must not be obvious and must involve a technical advancement; and must be capable of being implemented commercially.

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Agreement reached on the EU AI Act: the key points to know about the political deal

LexBlog IP

On 9 December 2023, trilogue negotiations on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (“ AI ”) Act reached a key inflection point, with a provisional political agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council. 1] Reuters, EU begin to hash out EU AI Act details starting Tuesday (12 December 2023). [2]