Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. In July, the WIPO Member States agreed to go ahead with a diplomatic conference on the protection of designs to ease cross-border trade. Stay tuned!

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

These include (and may be limited to) Hong Kong ( section 11(3), Copyright Ordinance ), India (section 2(d)(vi), Copyright Act, 1957 ), Ireland ( Art. We will keep the law under review and could amend, replace or remove protection in future if the evidence supports it.” Getty Images , Newgrounds , and PurplePort ).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Kat friend Jakub Wyczik provides an enlightening discussion of how AI and the law, especially copyright, intersect, with particular attention to the technical operation of AI. Not only do many express wonder about how these systems work, but there is even doubt whether such users even have rights to such outputs.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

However, in this aspect, what needs to be duly noted is that staying on top of Copyright Laws , rules, and regulations on a content-rich internet can be challenging. It is because not only the internet but the laws, rules, and regulations are also saturated with exceptions, clauses, and legal jargon. For more visit: [link].

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. Almost all EU member states have implementesd the Directive into their national laws.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. Additionally, we note that this Study revealed little demand for additional copyright-related rights for press publishers.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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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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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

On behalf of the University of Nottingham Commercial Law Centre (UNCLC) , we submitted a response to the consultation that addressed the three areas of potential legislative change. A third alternative: the related rights approach. The existing UK protection for computer-generated works.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

The use of AI technology to generate images or music and other creative works, has legal implications for copyright and related rights of creators and rightsholders. Image: Riana Harvey Kat, Dr Hayleigh Bosher, identified the lack of clarification in the technical application of the law in these instances.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In May , a High Court in South Africa delivered judgment in Bliss Brands (Pty) Ltd v Advertising Regulatory Board NPC & Others , on the issue of the extent of the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board (‘ARB’) in matters relating to trade mark and copyright laws. This Katpost discussed the case in fuller detail.

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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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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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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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IPilogue

JULY 8, 2021

On 19 April 2019, the European Parliament and Council adopted the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market. June 7, 2021 was the deadline for the member states to enact their national laws in accordance with the Directive. Article 17’s copyright exceptions are also problematic.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

To do so, it first discusses how AI image generation tools are trained and how copyright protected images are involved in that process. There has been limited case law citing the section 9(3) and there remains some ambiguity and academic debate on the ownership of computer-generated works under English law.

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azrights

AUGUST 11, 2022

Would they be infringing your copyright though? Is the output infringing copyright? From a copyright law perspective, the initial use of copyright works by the platform for machine learning is infringing unless the platform used licensed or out-of-copyright works or could rely on a copyright defence, such as use for research purposes.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I by Oleksandr Bulayenko , João Pedro Quintais , Joost Poort and Daniel Gervais. Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Mili Baxi, on the development of a publisher’s right in digital media. Mili is a graduate of Institute of Law, Nirma University, currently completing her LLM at LSE. The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

It will then explain why this implementation approach runs counter to the fundamental freedom of information and to basic principles of copyright law. The provision has been transposed into French law through a separate instrument , which added a new chapter to the French IP Code. The short answer is “inconsistently”.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Generally, the distinction between collective licensing with extended effect and mandatory collective management of rights is important (see Study on emerging issues on collective licensing practices, p. This mechanism of mandatory collective management is not new in copyright. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 18, 2022

Part I of this post discussed Grand Chamber judgment on the validity of Article 17 CDSMD and explained the need for a more concrete strategy to meet the challenge of implementing that provision in national laws. A New EU Copyright Institution. Of course, this flexible, industry-led approach was also favoured by the private actors (i.e.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 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. The hosting safe harbour will provide additional refuge.

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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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