IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Databases and the Need for Protection: Nowadays, database thieves can use a variety of electronic tools to copy any database and distribute it globally, and they can do so for a fraction of the high cost associated with producing such products. The copyright of a database is safeguarded by the Copyright Act of 1957.

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Copyright Database Right Privacy Technology 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Of course, it’s possible to argue that there is not an inherent limitation on the kinds of expressions of computer programs (after all, a text in an invented language [but not the language itself ] can still be protected by copyright) and that compiled code is numerical (binary code), rather than textual, also unreadable by humans.

Copyright 80

Copyright Database Right Music Intellectual Property Law 80

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

Ownership for patent inventions. With respect to the CGW provision the government has decided to make no changes to the law. 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.

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Government Intellectual Property Licensing Copyright 95