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CJEU has received first reference on DSM Directive

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The Royal Decree concerning the related rights of artistic staff of the ONB was finally adopted and published in the Belgian Official Journal on 4th June of 2021. This would be contrary to arts. 205 of the Belgian Code of Economic Law (that regulates rights of performers), Belgian Constitution , art.

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Opinion of the European Copyright Society on certain selected aspects of Case C-227/23, Kwantum Nederland and Kwantum Belgiƫ

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Article 2(7) introduces a material reciprocity test, limiting copyright protection for works of applied art not protected in their country of origin. In EU law, the Design Directive and Regulation govern the relationship between copyright and design protection for works of applied art.

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[Guest post] New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights

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Here's what Kateryna and Liubov write : New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights by Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk Last year, the Ukrainian copyright reform got on its fast track. In July the Ukrainian parliament approved one of the legislative proposals on copyright and related rights as a basis.

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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Generative AI Computer-generated art reached a tipping point in 2022. AI-generated works have won awards: The Crow , an “AI-made” film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Short Film Festival and the story of an AI artwork winning the Colorado State Fairā€™s annual art competition was reported in The New York Times.

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Never too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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Copyright Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk unpacked the major legislative changes brought by the new Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights , adopted in December 2022. This includes patentability criteria, the person skilled in the art, patent claims, and supplementary protection certificates.

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Copyright Protection of Photographs: a Comparative Analysis Between France, Germany and Italy

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, under German copyright law, photographs that do not meet the originality requirement under Section 2(1) of the UrhG can still be protected as Lichtbilder (photographs) by means of a specific related right under Section 72 of the UrhG. By contrast, the author of a simple photograph is not granted any moral right.

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Broadcastersā€™ Cable Retransmission Rights: in line (or not)Ā with the EU right of communication to the public?

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Indeed, while the Infosoc Directive expressly granted to broadcasting organisations the making available right (Art. 3 (2)), it did not grant the general right of communication to the public to broadcasting organisations (Art. The latter benefit this right on the basis of Art. 8 (1) of the Sat/Cab Directive.