The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2022
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. Reminder: last call to vote for your best IP book of 2021 by participating in the poll here !
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. What ideas the Commission has with respect to the Database directive is difficult to gauge from the consultation.
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IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 19, 2022
The Indian Contract Act may be invoked by including a separate clause in the contract for database confidentiality. In addition to this, numerous other sections address various facets of upholding database rights. The copyright of a database is safeguarded by the Copyright Act of 1957.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 14, 2023
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. The Policy paper does not aspire to be carved out in stone but rather represents a work-in-progress that can be updated into a 2.0 Proposal 4.
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.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 17, 2024
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 ).
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 9, 2023
A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he Garrix had entered into a record production contract with the label at a very young age. Having become a successful DJ and finding the terms of the contract unfair, Garrix sought annulment for a variety of legal reasons.
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