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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. In another decision , from 2016, the BGH found that remuneration claims under Section 32 UrhG arise when the agreed remuneration at the time of the respective contract being concluded is not appropriate when viewed from the perspective of the time of conclusion of the contract (ex-ante view).

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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Enforcing Your Intellectual Property Rights: All You Need To Know

Larson & Larson

One of the fundamental things to note when it comes to intellectual property rights is that the IP holder bears the burden of enforcing their rights. This means that you are tasked with identifying any infringement as well as taking measures to prevent continuous infringement of your IP. especially an IP lawyer. .

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New “Two-Click Cancellation” Button – German Exceptionalism for Subscription Terminations

LexBlog IP

As part of the new Fair Consumer Contracts Act , [ Gesetz für Faire Verbraucherverträge ; published in the Federal Gazette (Part I) no. 53/2021, p. 3433 et seq., full text publicly available ( in German ) Germany will soon require specific cancellation/termination mechanisms for consumer subscriptions. Read the full client alert.

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In the context of web scraping, the question is whether, once a web scraper gets its authorization revoked (usually via cease-and-desist letter, but often in the form of various anti-bot protections), whether any further scraping and use of a website’s data is “without authorization” within the meaning of the CFAA.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

LexBlog IP

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

CFAA : The key question is whether hiQ’s continued access following receipt of LinkedIn’s cease-and-desist letter was “without authorization” under the CFAA. Are robots.txt, IP address blocks, or cease-and-desist letters still relevant to the CFAA at all?