Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 17, 2021
In a nutshell, a specialist search engine engaging in re-use of substantial parts of the database of a job adverts website was accused of violating sui generis database right. The CJEU says that Melons does give “users access, on its own website, to job advertisements contained in [CV-Online Latvia’s] database […].”
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 14, 2023
Minimize database rights to favour access to and use of digital works. National policymakers should review existing sui generis database rights or similar rights, when they exist, in order to avoid limiting access and use of public domain works. Proposal 4. Proposal 8.
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IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 19, 2022
The company bases its entire business model on the purchase of such a database and earns money from advertising, royalties, or client payments. 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
AUGUST 24, 2022
While some of these stages, such as the analysis stage, may arguably be covered by the temporary copies exception ( section 28A CDPA ), most of the other stages would typically involve an infringement the right of reproduction absent the permission of rightsholders. All-purpose TDM.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
On the copyright side, it stresses that some of the sources used to research the sector may be subject to copyright and database rights and as such it warns against infringement with an important focus on exceptions.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 7, 2022
As for the text and data mining exception, the government has decided to introduce a new copyright and database right exception which allows text and data mining for any purpose. With respect to the UK computer-generated provision under s.9(3) Stay tuned for a detailed comment on the blog on this front in the coming weeks.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 16, 2021
This case relates to the sui generis database right and its application to the activity of search engines. CJEU judgments and AG Opinions. CV-Online Latvia, Court of Justice, Case C ?762/19. On 3 June 2021, the CJEU delivered its judgment in CV-Online Latvia. You can read a comment on the case here.
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