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. 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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Here’s what Hans writes: Thankfully Kitty found a place where to park her car Content and service aggregation is big business in 2022. According to the CJEU, the key to fairly balancing these interest lies in ensuring that the makers of databases can redeem their investment. Parkamo GmbH.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2022

An agreement was reached in April 2022 between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the Digital Services Act, which was followed by an endorsement by the Parliament’s Internal Market Committee later in June 2022 and (although strictly not in this second trimester) the final text was approved on 5 July.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

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

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

Fairness : the use and outcomes of AI systems should not undermine the legal rights of individuals or organisations, discriminate unfairly against individuals or create unfair market outcomes. What’s to come?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

Following the consultation, the UK government has now decided to introduce a new copyright and database right exception which allows TDM for any purpose, i.e. including commercial uses. Conversely, users were very much in favour of an exception as it would remove the need for licensing. All-purpose TDM. The narrower EU exceptions.

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