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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law. It was not alone.

ARIPO Member States adopt the Kampala Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related Rights

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Late last month (August), the Kampala Protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights within the framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) was adopted at a Diplomatic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda. How may fraud be established? Also, what are the implications of a rejection?

The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

In the midst of the economic and social paralysis arising from the COVID 19 pandemic, the tireless discipline of law has prevailed as always, if anything with increased activity. It was a historic milestone in the area of rights related to copyright. It was a historic milestone in the area of rights related to copyright.

Key 2023 update: EU Directive implemented in Greek copyright law

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789.

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CJEU has received first reference on DSM Directive

The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Royal Decree concerning the related rights of artistic staff of the ONB was finally adopted and published in the Belgian Official Journal on 4th June of 2021. 205 of the Belgian Code of Economic Law (that regulates rights of performers), Belgian Constitution , art. This would be contrary to arts.

Greek collecting societies are not entitled to collect equitable remuneration for artists and producers not represented by them by contract or mandate

LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

It was formed following a state license, in order to collect, among other things, the equitable remuneration provided by article 49 of Law 2121/93 in favour of producers, performers, and musicians for the public performance of legitimately released sound carriers.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

These questions will be addressed by applying UK law and the EU copyright acquis to NFTs, as illustrated by relevant Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law and global contemporary examples. Some intermediary platforms that enable NFT minting incorporate copyright issues, such as transfer of rights, into the transaction.

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

There is a significant push at this week’s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Katfriend Léon Dijkman discussed the role of the proportionality test under European patent law in deciding whether to grant an injunction. Trade Marks Chijioke Okorie provided an overview of the key developments in trade mark law across the African continent as part of the “Africa IP Highlights” series for 2023.

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US Copyright Office advises not to introduce ancillary copyright protection for press publishers in the US

The IPKat

JULY 4, 2022

In 2019, the EU legislature introduced an EU-wide related right (Article 15 of the DSM Directive , on which see Katposts here ) for EU-based press publishers in relation to online uses of their press publications by information society service providers, including news aggregation services, social media, and search engines.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law.

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Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a study on EU copyright and related rights and access to and reuse of scientific publications, including open access. Whether relief can be provided by the law of fundamental rights is currently unclear.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

An application for a Eurasian patent covers all Contracting States of the Eurasian Patent Convention, and a Eurasian patent is granted for all these Contracting States together. Trademarks Independent applications must be filed in each country. It is the conventional way to file a trademark.

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Collective management of copyright and neighbouring rights in Greece

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2021

Under the Copyright Law, certain copyright and related rights are subject to mandatory collective management, meaning that they can be exercised only through a collective management organisation (CMO). Introduction. Such remuneration is payable only to CMOs. Legislative background.

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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

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. Claims under copyright law.

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Role Of Intellectual Property Rights In The Era Of Quantum Technology

IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

For instance, which current governing law would apply to quantum governing technology? What kinds of IP related rights would apply to quantum computing technology? QUANTUM COMPUTING AND THE FUNCTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS. INTERSECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW WITH FAIR COMPETITION PROMOTING LAWS.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies. Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents.

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The WIPO Files II: is international lawmaking on copyright still possible?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The 42nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 9 to 13 May 2022 in Geneva. Internet Law: A Concise Guide to Regulation Around the World. Image by Ag Ku via Pixabay. The current text, less ambitious than earlier drafts (e.g.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. The UK recognises that in order to guarantee that IP incentivises innovation, the government should focus on its domestic IP law and enhance the UK’s AI competitive edge through a potential legislative reform.

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Austrian Supreme Court refers further questions for a preliminary ruling on the InfoSoc Directive

The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2021

However, the court was of the view that the case law lacks sufficient clarity to enable it to answer the questions without referral to the CJEU. The second case ( 4 Ob 44/21f – in German) relates to an online streaming platform aimed at émigrés from the territory of former Yugoslavia. Is "communication to the public" in Art.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. UK Parliament, Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. We started this rubric in the beginning of 2021.

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A summary look at the Portuguese transposition of the CDSM Directive

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

The approved Decree-Law 47/2023 to a large extent corresponds to a legislative project ( Project 52/XV ), which, in turn, was a variation of a previous project ( Project 114/XIV ) that failed due to a political crisis that led to early elections in the country. However, Art. 15 and 17 CDSM Directive. 2-x Copyright Code.

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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Fast forward and see: The Database directive stands unchanged and there is still no clear evidence that the then-new intellectual property right is an effective instrument. because there is no public access regime that applies, or because third parties own intellectual property rights. and not charging fees for re-use.

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Why the implementation of the Italian press publishers’ right might not be compatible with EU Law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Aimed at ensuring remuneration for publishers when their publications are reused online by news aggregators, Article 15 grants press publishers the right of reproduction and the right of making available for online uses of their press publications by information society service providers. To date, the decree has yet to be drafted.

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Why the implementation of the Italian press publisher rights might not be compatible with EU Law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Aimed at ensuring remuneration for publishers when their publications are reused online by news aggregators, Article 15 grants press publishers the right of reproduction and the right of making available for online uses of their press publications by information society service providers. To date, the decree has yet to be drafted.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement. The book is presented in 11 chapters. What about a juggler?

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CDSM: French transposition Order annulled to the extent that it does not provide for ‘appropriate’ remuneration for authors

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Article 20 provides for a mechanism to adjust the financial situation if the exploitation of the work ultimately shows that the initial contract is not fair for the author. Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. The implementation of the CDSM into French law.

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Friday Fantasies

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

6-7 April 2023: “From the DMCA to the DSA: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Online Platform Liability and Copyright Law” The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will hold its 27th annual symposium, on 6 and 7 April 2023, at the International House, UC Berkeley. Click here and here to know more. Click here to know more.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Towards the national transpositions of the DSM Directive: various techniques to. do as you please

The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Beach + sunbathing + copyright = the perfect summer As readers with an interest in EU copyright are well aware, EU Member States had time until 7 June to transpose the DSM Directive 2019/790 [Katposts here ] into their own national laws. Examples of the latter are the articles on authors’ and performers’ contracts (Articles 18 to 23).

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Court clarifies process for CMO equitable remuneration

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

If the use has clearly taken place and ceased before the exercise of the application, article 49 of Law 2121/1993 is applicable, dealing with reasonable and uniform remuneration in the context of regular proceedings or trials. Law 4481/2017 Article 6 of Law 4481/2017 states: 1.

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CDSM: French transposition on the remuneration of performers

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

2021-580 of 12 May 2021 (‘transposition Order’) of the French Government implements articles 2(6) and 17 to 23 of the EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (‘CDSM’). Image by Pexels from Pixabay Order no.

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Case study: “copyright-free” in-store music and collective management

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2022

In order to carry out this activity, company A signed contracts with certain suppliers from which it acquired all of the copyrights and related rights regarding the specific musical repertoire. It may therefore be concluded that such right is not assigned to a CMO.

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Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

4996/2022 in November 2022 ( ΦΕΚ Α´ 2022/24.11.2022 ), which amended the basic Greek Copyright Law ( L. 2121/1993 on “Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters” ), as well as L. 4481/2017, on “Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights” ( ΦΕΚ Α’ 100/20.7.2017 ). 43bis I.aut.,

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Athens court rules on moral damages in software infringement case

LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

The Court’s decision arose in the context of injunction proceedings relating to the defendants’ unauthorised use of software programs. The plaintiff, a leading multinational software manufacturer, owned the rights to exploit the programs.

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ALLEA Statement on Open Access Publication under “Big Deals” and the New Copyright Rules

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Concomitantly, the imposition of APCs has created new, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers to publication for researchers that are not affiliated to a contracting institution. [6] Under the law of copyright, the authors of works of science are the copyright owners of their published articles.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We are happy to announce that going forward we will be publishing an annual review of the case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof, authored by Jan Bernd Nordemnann (NORDEMANN law firm). Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement.

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Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Based on information gathered through a questionnaire distributed to national experts from each examined Member State, the report assesses the compliance of the national implementations with the internal market objective of the Directive and the EU’s law of fundamental rights. Article 15 CDSMD: the new press publishers’ right (PPR).

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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

ARIPO Member States adopt the Kampala Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related Rights

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The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

Key 2023 update: EU Directive implemented in Greek copyright law

CJEU has received first reference on DSM Directive

Greek collecting societies are not entitled to collect equitable remuneration for artists and producers not represented by them by contract or mandate

NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

US Copyright Office advises not to introduce ancillary copyright protection for press publishers in the US

UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

Eurasia and IP

Collective management of copyright and neighbouring rights in Greece

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

Role Of Intellectual Property Rights In The Era Of Quantum Technology

Sunday Surprises

The WIPO Files II: is international lawmaking on copyright still possible?

AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Austrian Supreme Court refers further questions for a preliminary ruling on the InfoSoc Directive

EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

A summary look at the Portuguese transposition of the CDSM Directive

‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Why the implementation of the Italian press publishers’ right might not be compatible with EU Law

Why the implementation of the Italian press publisher rights might not be compatible with EU Law

Book review: Performers' Rights

CDSM: French transposition Order annulled to the extent that it does not provide for ‘appropriate’ remuneration for authors

Friday Fantasies

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

Towards the national transpositions of the DSM Directive: various techniques to. do as you please

Court clarifies process for CMO equitable remuneration

CDSM: French transposition on the remuneration of performers

Case study: “copyright-free” in-store music and collective management

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