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

The IPKat

Copyright This Kat reflected on a judgment issued by the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris on 31 March 2023 which concerned a claim of copyright infringement in a typeface. The Court held that a musical box infringed of an author’s moral rights. A Kat waiting for the next IP case.

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Announcing the Winners of the 2nd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law!

SpicyIP

Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law, on May 14 th , 2021 we announced the 2 nd edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on the occasion of Shamnad ‘s 45 th birth anniversary. A photograph of Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. The essay is available here.

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Saturday Sundries

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As September is coming to an end , here are the latest events and opportunities for IPKat readers: ALAI European Author’s Right Award The 6th edition of the ALAI European Authors’ Right Award, supported by GESAC, is now accepting nominations for the 2023 edition. Conditions and application form available here.

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Book Review and Discount: Propriété intellectuelle et développement durable / Intellectual Property & Sustainable Development

The IPKat

This Kat is delighted to present a review of Propriété intellectuelle et développement durable / Intellectual Property & Sustainable Development, edited by Prof. Finally, in "The TRIPS Agreement and the Sustainable Disposal of IP-Infringing Goods - Lessons from WTO Dispute Settlement Cases," Wolf R.

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Parody Law: Greenpeace Tackles “Australia’s Greatest Liability”

IPilogue

On June 8 th , the Federal Court of Australia ruled that AGL Energy, Australia’s largest electricity generator, failed to establish its trademark and copyright infringement claim against Greenpeace , an international environmental activist organization. Therefore, no damages were awarded to AGL.

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English High Court issues blocking order targeting movie-hosting cyberlocker

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Readers of this blog will be familiar with the English High Court’s strong track record in issuing injunctions to compel internet service providers (“ISPs”) to block access to copyright-infringing websites. The legal basis for website blocking orders in the UK is found in Section 97A Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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Bitcoin’s File Format protectable in copyright: a Wright decision?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

overturned the High Court decision in which Mr Justice Mellor found that the Bitcoin File Format (the “BFF” ) was not a protectable work in a copyright sense as it did not satisfy the fixation requirement under s.3(2) 3(2) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”).

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