Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 17, 2021
In a nutshell, a specialist search engine engaging in re-use of substantial parts of the database of a job adverts website was accused of violating sui generis database right. This judgment thus breaks this trend and gives a more measured and mature view of the right. One way or another, it will be interesting. [1]
IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 19, 2022
In the Indian scenario, protection: India does not have a separate database protection law as the European Union does. Sui generis protection does not exist in India because the government believes that the Copyright Act’s current level of protection is adequate and that a need for further protection has not yet arisen.
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Barry Sookman
DECEMBER 5, 2021
'Out of step with other nations': Canada's Crown copyright laws in need of an overhaul, say library associations [link] 2021-12-01. Getting ready for Quebec’s Bill 64 privacy law impacts on outsourcing [link] 2021-12-02. Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-11-27 [link] 2021-11-28. 'Out
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 14, 2023
Context Copyright can be challenging for cultural institutions (or “GLAM“ for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) when pursuing digitization and dissemination activities, as copyright governs whether a given work can be used and if so, how (as shown in recent studies for museums , archives or libraries ). Proposal 1.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 18, 2021
For public sector bodies — producers and holders of vast quantities of data — as well as for the companies that act as suppliers, the sui generis database right has been slowly eroded since 2003. So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2021
Those versed in the intersection between IP rights and technology know that computer programs protection has always caused inevitable frictions IP law. Additionally, all proprietary and open source software licensing rely on copyright protection. However, there is no unanimity about how to technically defined them (see here ).
The IPKat
MARCH 6, 2022
The concepts and role of the informed user and the degree of freedom of choice were recently clarified in Turkish design law, and Marques has reported on the case. COPYRIGHT Networked and interoperable devices have proliferated over the past two decades, and the advent of cloud services has created a standard for data sharing.
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