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Introducing a zero-embargo Secondary Publication Right in Bulgaria

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Pre-existing Bulgarian provision The SPR is not an entirely novel concept to Bulgarian copyright law. A new para 2 to art.

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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

The time is ripe to strike a balance between the copyright owner’s economic interests and the public’s right to have access to information and knowledge for growth and development of society before it turns out as blessings of talent over the curse of poverty. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right.

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A Novel Dataset Measuring Change in Copyright Exceptions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2015, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) set out to conduct empirical research on the impact of copyright exceptions. We soon realized that information about the changes to copyright law over time – which would be especially useful for empirical studies – was lacking.

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The EU DSM Copyright Directive: Implementation in Germany 2021 – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the last year, the German Copyright Act has experienced what is probably its most substantial reform since it first came into force in 1966. The reason for this was the implementation of the DSM Copyright Directive 2019/790/EU (DSMD) and Directive 2019/789/EU (Online SatCab Directive). Extensive changes to the German Copyright Act.

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OM Weekly Digest 06/02/22

Olartemoure Blog

The above allows for the protection of trademarks currently being used in contract manufacturing or that are used by companies engaged in export activities in any of the member countries of the Andean Community. 06/02/22 – Copyright. Original source in Spanish. 06/02/22 – IP&T. Original Source in Spanish. .

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Changed, changed utterly - or not? Germany's new coalition states its intentions regarding digitalisation and innovation

The IPKat

They also advocate a ‘ more science-friendly copyright law ’ and the development of the National Research Data Infrastructure and European Research Data Space, alongside enabling data sharing of fully anonymised and non-personal data for research in the public interest.