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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

The IPKat

The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work. PATENTS GuestKat Rose Hughes reported on a decision by the Court of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the life science field on a dosage regime claim.

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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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. A major issue on the Commission’s agenda is Business to Business (B2B) sharing of data. Stage I: to the Open data directive.

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Copyright Protection For Databases In India

IP and Legal Filings

A lot of electronic databases’ creators are willing to accept the risk and obligation of gathering a lot of raw data and then having to use it, despite the fact that the need for databases like phone directories is expanding in the business world as a whole.

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Digital collections from GLAM institutions: Policy Paper

Kluwer Copyright Blog

use of indigenous content, model contracts and/or national laws on limitations and exceptions). Minimize database rights to favour access to and use of digital works. More from our authors: Managing Copyright: Emerging Business Models in the Individual and Collective Management of Rights by Rudolf Leška € 93

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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 1 of 4)

LexBlog IP

This is because training of GenAI models requires processing of large amounts of data that potentially contain copyrighted works, as well as materials displaying trademarks and data compilations which may be protected by sui generis database rights in the EU, or other information the use of which may be restricted by contract or terms of use.

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Are AI models’ weights protected databases?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

If model weights qualify as a database, what then? If we assume that the database rights will apply to model weights, this protection will be limited to EU-based persons and will be granted against extraction and reutilization of a substantial part of the database (for a recent analysis of CJEU case law on the scope of protection, see here ).

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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Last year was another busy one in the copyright world, with ongoing European copyright reform, a number of landmark CJEU decisions and notable developments in a number of jurisdictions. A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he