Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 18, 2021
For public sector bodies — producers and holders of vast quantities of data — as well as for the companies that act as suppliers, the sui generis database right has been slowly eroded since 2003. So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.
The IPKat
MARCH 6, 2022
This article provides an overview of the current trends in the U.S. Among other things, the proposal clarifies that the " sui generis database right " introduced by the Database Directive does not apply to databases containing data originating from or generated by the use of a connected device.
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IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 19, 2022
Sui generis protection does not exist in India because the government believes that the Copyright Act’s current level of protection is adequate and that a need for further protection has not yet arisen. The Information Technology Act’s Section 66E outlines the penalties for violating privacy laws, among other things.
The IPKat
OCTOBER 20, 2022
As it will be elaborated further in what follows, it is also a question of great importance for online copyright, including having regard to Article 17 of the DSM Directive [Katposts here ]. First, it can give the CJEU an opportunity to clarify questions of applicable law in cross-border copyright disputes with non-EU elements.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 17, 2024
For these reasons, authors such as Hao-Yun Chen , Peter Slowinski , and Begoña Gonzalez Otero seem to reject the protection of models under copyright law. However, in the EU there is another strong candidate for protecting model weights: the sui generis protection for databases established in Directive 96/9.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. You can read the previous round-ups here. For a blog post detailing the hearing before the court see here.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 7, 2022
Welcome to the second 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. Polish challenge of Article 17 CDSM, C-401/19. This is perhaps one of the most awaited judgemnts in the history of EU copyright law.
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