Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law. Stay tuned!

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2024

Courses UCL’s Summer School 2024 The University College London offers a summer school programme on the ‘Foundations in Intellectual Property Law’. The course runs from 24 June to 12 July 2024 and is aimed at legal practitioners new to the world of IP law. It is one of the most-used patent law resources.

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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. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Stay tuned!

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: EPC.App and PCT.App (Self-editable EPC and PCT reference books) Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: A Global Guide, (eds) Paul W Browning, Christopher C Johns and Sara A Leiman The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA, by Jorge L.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Contreras Tritton on Intellectual Property in Europe, edited by Richard Davis, Thomas St Quintin and Guy Tritton And the Winner is: Intellectual Property Objectives in International Investment Agreements by Pratyush Nath Upreti Congratulations to all those nominated and this year's winners!

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

He holds an MA in Art Law and Art Management from the International Hellenic University and an LLM in Legal Theory and Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, focusing on copyright law, from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is pursuing an LLM in European Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Estelle Derclaye, will welcome Lord Justice Arnold of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales as keynote speaker, while numerous leading voices from the academic community with IP law expertise will be brought together and contribute to the discussion. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Séverine Dusollier, Prof.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first 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. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. yet this relationship has received very little attention.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

. “That would catastrophically harm the digital markets on which the music industry, the movie and television industry, the news industry, and similar industries depend to profitably create and distribute their works—and would thereby undermine the incentive for the creation of new works that copyright law exists to protect.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Although the author worked under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement when he penned the movie, the right to ownership was governed by copyright law and not labor law. A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Case date: 30 September 2021.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

This is a review of Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage , edited by Irini Stamatoudi , Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Heritage Law at the University of Nicosia. Amineddoleh, Pedro Henrique D.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 3, 2022

We welcome contributions that address the following topics in an EU and comparative perspective: copyright exceptions and limitations. copyright internal limits. copyright and the public domain. copyright and fundamental/human rights. balancing of copyright law with competition law and consumer law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Launched in January 2020, the H2020 project reCreating Europe (Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe ), is pleased to announce its final conference, which will take place in Brussels on 21-22 March 2023. The event will also be live streamed on reCreating Europe’s YouTube channel.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Against this background, the European Copyright Society (ECS) issued on 17 January 2021 a comment on “Copyright and the Digital Services Act”. Copyright law accounts for most content removals from online platforms and search engine result lists, by an order of magnitude. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Here is what Alexander has to say: It was a delight to learn last year that Simon Stokes, copyright solicitor at Blake Morgan in London, was working on a third edition of his eminently useful Art and Copyright. Much has changed in the world of copyright since the last edition was published in 2012.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 15, 2023

The copyright protection of tattoos” Dr Paula Westenberger (Brunel University) will be part of a webinar on 26 January 2023. 7 February 2023: “Intellectual Property & Sustainability” On 7 February 2023, the University of Geneva will hold a conference entitled “Intellectual Property & Sustainability”.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. It cited its AI Registration Guidance, 88 Fed.

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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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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

Professor David Vaver is a Member of IP Osgoode’s Advisory Board and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. . A version of the following draft text (with more or less footnotes) will likely find its way into both new editions—depending on what happens between now and publication.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

André starts by explaining that although they are traditionally referred to as “exceptions and limitations” of copyright, this paper refers to them as “user rights” to reflect the complex layers of this issue. Working Group 4 — Beyond Copyright: the Ethics of Open Sharing. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

This is what would happen if copyright were interpreted as protecting AI machine productions that have no human cause. [1]. To be clear, this is a debate about applying copyright law to the outputs of AI machines. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2022

UCL Faculty of Laws | Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law | Location: London The UCL Faculty of Law seeks an outstanding candidate with research interests and teaching expertise in intellectual property law, particularly copyright law, who is able to contribute to the development and advancement of the Faculty in this area, as a Lecturer.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

In this part II we discuss two additional aspects, with a focus on UK copyright law and the EU copyright acquis. The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part II by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó. The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part I by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

24-25 November 2022 | ERA | " Annual Conference on European Copyright Law 2022 " (Tier, Germany and online) On 24 and 25 November 2022, ERA will host its hybrid annual conference that will update intellectual property lawyers on ongoing EU initiatives and recent ECJ case law in the field of copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

In a twist, however, it is not copyright law, but rather an expansive view of trademark law, that poses this threat. Overenforcement of trademark law runs contrary to both the purpose of intellectual property law and the U.S. copyright law, under the doctrine of fair use.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

In a recent paper (currently under review), we question whether humans can be replaced by AI to generate mechanical/less creative news reports and study whether “robojournalistic” outputs can be granted copyright protection from an EU law perspective. Free and creative choices and expression of intellectual creation must be present.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Moral rights and AI under Australian law. In my recent paper , I analyze whether the use of works in a ML context could violate the moral rights of authors under Australian copyright law. To my knowledge, a broad ‘reasonable use’ defense is quite a unique feature of Australian copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

We soon realized that information about the changes to copyright law over time – which would be especially useful for empirical studies – was lacking. There have been many studies describing differences in copyright exceptions between countries, such as those by Seng , Crews , Hilty & Nérisson , and the WIPO Secretariat.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book review of The Future of Intellectual Property , edited by Daniel J. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, US. He defines primary IP rights as those that have been part of law for more than 50 years. Gervais , Milton R.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Germany has always had an extensive judicial practice in copyright law. Usually, judges with a specialist knowledge of copyright law issue the decisions because among German courts, decision making bodies specialised in copyright law have been created. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts. 1) The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part II by Peter Mezei , João Pedro Quintais , Alexandra Giannopoulou and Balázs Bodó. In this Part II we discuss copyright law aspects of NFTs, with a focus on the EU copyright acquis.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 5, 2022

SCA limitation was contrary to international, European and national copyright law and that it should have been notified to the European Commission as a “technical regulation” Finally, the provider also raised the issue of the inequity of the tariffs established by CEDRO. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

The existing TDM exceptions under UK copyright law. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition. Part 1 of this post focused on the computer-generated works provisions (CGWs), while part 2 now turns to the text and data mining exceptions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). 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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