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

The IPKat

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. Would a refusal be used as a defence to copyright infringement?

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

The IPKat

Copyright Anastasiia Kyrylenko discussed the recent interpretation of Article 4 of Directive 2004/48/EC by the CJEU in relation to possibility for collective management organisations to bring, in their own name, actions for copyright infringement on behalf of the right holders.

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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

These include (and may be limited to) Hong Kong ( section 11(3), Copyright Ordinance ), India (section 2(d)(vi), Copyright Act, 1957 ), Ireland ( Art. Registration was refused in August 2019, in line with previous US case law and guidance. The team has appealed the decision , so watch this space.)

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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

Kashishipr

Copyright’s relationship to IP is that it is just another form of IP, like trademarks, patents, and industrial designs. When you enforce your copyright, you enforce your copyright-related rights, which fall under Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This seems to have pushed EU Member States towards compliance – the latest examples here are the Irish European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (19 November), the Italian Decree (published on 27 November), and the Estonian Act implementing the Directive (8 December).