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Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match? (Part II)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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.

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Jack Daniels v. VIP Products and the Freedom to Parody and Comment in the United States

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In a twist, however, it is not copyright law, but rather an expansive view of trademark law, that poses this threat. The freedom of authors to use trademarks in their works could be stifled by the threat of litigation. Constitution’s First Amendment protections for freedom of speech. In a recent case before the U.S.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-11-26

Barry Sookman

Orders In Council – implementing term extension to Copyright Act now in force. McCarthy Tétrault’s expertise recognized in Lexpert’s Litigation Special Edition and Top 10 Business Decisions | M… [link] 2022-11-23. 2022 BCPC 228 (Ca… [link] 2022-11-22. link] 2022-11-23. Clickwrap agreement enforced, Chien v.

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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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Mandatory collective management of copyright: when the road to deadlock is paved with good intentions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Collective licensing with extended effect covers various mechanisms in national copyright law to fill the gaps in the repertoire of the collective management organization (“CMO”), which can then conclude licences for works of right holders who are not affiliated to the CMO. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. 218 et s. ).

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The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

” Since the first statutory Crown copyright provision in section 18 of the UK Copyright Act of 1911, the scope of the right has been further refined to assure copyright protection to “works ‘by an officer or servant of the Crown in the course of his duties.’” ” Trump Responding Brief at 5.

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Copyright Evidence: 21 for 2021 (a year in review)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Other contributions have focussed on creators within these industries, and look to the interplay between law and practice, examining whether specific provisions in copyright are successful in their application. We anticipate exciting new contributions on topical issues such as litigation data, trade, and diversity in the coming months.