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Uffizi museum sues Jean Paul Gaultier over unauthorized reproduction of Botticelli’s Venus on fashion garments

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Not a copyright dispute … and the non-role of Article 14 of the DSM Directive In sum: the CHC provides a way to control for-profit reproductions of Italian cultural heritage, irrespective of their copyright status (it is in any case worth recalling that under Italian copyright law moral rights protection is … perpetual).

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Protecting Product and Packaging Designs in China Part II – Copyright

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The protection of moral rights, including the rights of publication, authorship, alteration, and integrity, is perpetual. 8) computer software; and (9) other intellectual achievements conforming to the characteristics of the works.” copyright law.

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