Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 29, 2023
Summary In the case of Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWHC 222 the High Court was faced with a technical copyright question about whether literary copyright can subsist in the file format used for the Bitcoin System (the “ Bitcoin File Format ”). 3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”).
The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2022
Here they are in case you missed them: TRADE MARKS Katfriend Marijus Dingilevskis posted on a recent decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, which states that even if a trade mark has been registered in the international register for 40 years, this is no guarantee that a subsequent national designation will be also registered.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 28, 2022
However, the tension between the new rules introduced by the Data Act Proposal and potential intellectual property protection, including copyright protection, will require further coordination efforts. This post focuses on selected copyright and related rights matters that the Institute details in its Position Statement.
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.
The IPKat
MARCH 6, 2022
DESIGN In Turkey, although the Turkish Intellectual Property Code refers to both the degree of freedom of choice and the informed user, in practice it has not always been clear how these concepts are implemented in design disputes. The Kluwer Copyright Blog, therefore, explains potential challenges that may arise.
The IPKat
MARCH 18, 2023
As someone who has also authored a practical guide ( Copyright in the Music Industry ) that is aimed at a novice audience, this Kat must stress the intended audience of the book and, as such, the lack of references and appendices of legal texts. The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design.
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. According to the AG, it follows from Article 297 TFEU that EU law is, in principle, not capable of benefiting from copyright protection.
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