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

The IPKat

Secondly, because Article 14 of the DSM Directive / Article 32-quarter of the Italian Copyright Act is about the protectability of the reproduction of a public domain artwork, not a situation like that one at issue here, that is the actionability of the unauthorized reproduction of a public domain artwork.

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The need for the protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions.

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The legal doctrines involved are closely related to copyrights and related rights systems. Now, this documentation may raise concerns about protection of IP as it may fall into the public domain. We shall be discussing the same in our upcoming blogs. Why is their protection important?

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This two-part blog post contains a summary of our report’s conclusions and recommendations. Part II will present our conclusions regarding EU rules on related rights and outline policy recommendations for EU legislators in this field. As noted below, however, it might still benefit from protection under related rights.

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Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 3 of 4)

LexBlog IP

1] Directive (EU) 2019/790 of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, OJ 130/92, pp. For more information, see Cleary IP and Technology Insights blog-post, Agreement reached on the EU AI Act: the key points to know about the political deal (14 December 2023). [7]

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Guest Post: Press Publishers’ Rights In Indian News Media Digital Space

SpicyIP

This blog examines how press publishers have claimed rights over their content on digital media platforms like Facebook, Google News, which give a preview of two-three lines along with a hyperlink to the press publication. The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law.

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Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As has already been argued on this blog, these requirements raise serious concerns. However, attention is necessary: the PPR is a related right and its subject matter does not need to qualify as (a part of) a “work”. Public domain material. Targeted users.