TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit, equating IA’s controlled digital lending (CDL) operation to copyright infringement. Earlier this year a New York federal court concluded that the library is indeed liable for copyright infringement.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

Several times, we see that luxury brands come up with limited edition products, whether it is cars, watches, cosmetics, chocolates, electronics, etc., Protection for Limited Edition Products under Trademark Law. This issue was very recently seen in the case of the limited-edition Ferrari 250 GTO.

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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. But unanswered questions abound. Perlmutter, et.

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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

MAY 3, 2022

The University of Cyprus, together with the Horizon 2020 project reCreating Europe , funded by the European Commission, is conveying the conference “Rethinking copyright flexibilities”. We welcome contributions that address the following topics in an EU and comparative perspective: copyright exceptions and limitations.

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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

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

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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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. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In 2015, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) set out to conduct empirical research on the impact of copyright exceptions. We soon realized that information about the changes to copyright law over time – which would be especially useful for empirical studies – was lacking.

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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

MARCH 2, 2022

One of the central issues in this respect is the copyright protectability of journalistic outputs generated by or with the help of AI. This research project seeks to fill that gap in literature by turning to the application of AI in the specific field of journalism and copyright law. Copyright and journalism – the status quo.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Children provide a unique contribution to the discourse on creativity, copyright and intellectual property. A systematic study on the copyright of children is yet to be attempted. A systematic study on the copyright of children is yet to be attempted. Copyright paradigms and creative practices. 1197 and C?683/17

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, Creative Commons announced that four working groups of the Creative Commons Copyright Platform would examine policy issues affecting the open ecosystem from a global perspective: (1) artificial intelligence and open content; (2) platform liability; (3) copyright exceptions and limitations; and (4) the ethics of open sharing.

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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. This special issue will be jointly edited by (in alphabetical order) Stefano Barazza, Irene Calboli, Sarah Harris, Annette Kur, and Eleonora Rosati. and “Sustainability and Intellectual Property Law”.

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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. Nevertheless, when one considers ML models, the first issue is conceptualising them.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When we launched the Copyright Evidence Portal , our ambition was no less than to create a catalogue of all existing empirical studies about copyright. We invited experts to offer a synthesis of empirical evidence catalogued on the Evidence Portal in response to 21 topical copyright questions of importance for the 21 st century.

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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 17, 2021

The right of distribution, as set out in European law in Article 4(1) of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29), is found in Germany in Section 17(1) UrhG. In 2015, the BGH rendered a judgment on the right of distribution in two cases concerning copyright protected furniture offered for sale from Italy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 5, 2022

now abrogated by the implementation of the CDSM Directive [2] ) of the Spanish Copyright Act (SCA) between 6 December 2016 and 31 October 2020. SCA and the copyright rules and the need of notification of article 32.2 More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

The case is an ideal example of the intricacy of the EU copyright law edifice regarding the right of communication to the public, which appears as a patchwork of disperse legislative provisions and case law. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. et al ( C-716/20 ). The facts of the case are the following.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. The exhaustion of copyright in computer programs, which is harmonised under European law in Article 4(2) of the Computer Programs Directive (2009/24), was transposed into law in Germany in Section 69c No.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 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. But, could they be considered as works in the sense of European copyright law?

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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 rapporteur is very well-known to all copyright enthusiasts – Mr Axel Voss. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Barry Sookman

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

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. Canadian Federal Financial Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Crypto Assets | McCarthy Tétrault [link] 2022-11-22.

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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. We report here on one case, issued late in December 2021, which may be of interest to our copyright readers, despite its focus on private international law.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

Copyright and Blogs. Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. However, the content must reflect an expression of something since ideas are not governed under copyright. Therefore, it is always an option to copyright the entire blog.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 5, 2020

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2020-03-28 [link] 2020-03-29 The Week in Tweets: The End of the Techlash Edition?

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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. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

This book review of Art and Copyright by Simon Stokes (Partner at Blake Morgan) is kindly provided to you by Alexander Herman, Assistant Director, at the Institute of Art and Law and co-directs the Art, Business and Law LLM developed with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “The Football Game as a Copyright Work” in Natalie Helberger, Joost Poort, Martin Senftleben, Mireille van Eechoud, Stef van Gompel (eds.). Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. Image by Keith Johnston via Pixabay.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

This post is the second instalment of an analysis of a recent report , a part of the reCreating Europe project, on the application of EU copyright and related rights law to outputs generated by or with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, tools or techniques (AI outputs), with a focus on outputs in the musical domain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

17 of the DSM Directive, the Directive stipulates that online content sharing service providers like YouTube or Vimeo are now also responsible under copyright law for user uploads, if these providers fail to meet certain obligations. 8 UrhDaG); general responsibility under copyright law for user uploads is established in Sec.

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