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 ).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

But for anyone who had expected the Data Act to include a revision of the Database Directive — an ambition that the Commission had signalled in both the 2020 Data Strategy and the 2020 Intellectual Property Action Plan — the final proposal will be a major disappointment. A right that shall not be exercised.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 16, 2022

The European Copyright Society posted an opinion on selected aspects of the proposed Data Act. 35) to reduce the availability of IP rights over some datasets is welcome. However, its drafting is flawed and risks creating even more fragmentation in the laws of Member States. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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