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The EU imperative to a free public domain: The case of Italian cultural heritage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). Ochoa authors Chapter 9, which is devoted to the overlaps between copyright and the rights of publicity or personality rights.

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Copyright Fair Use for Education

IP and Legal Filings

The law is an important part of protecting intellectual property and protecting creators’ rights to their original works. Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner.

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ICANN Simplifies Requests For Hidden Domain Name Registration Data

TorrentFreak

From a user’s perspective, domain names are more easily remembered than IP addresses and remain the same despite IP address changes behind the scenes. Domain names also play an important role in conveying branding and as a result can be worth considerable sums of money. “The system is defined largely by what it isn’t.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. This applies to companies that have never taken serious steps to protect intellectual property and companies that understand the value of intellectual property and take active steps to secure and protect those assets. .

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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

For renowned figures, the importance of their name extends to public perception, brand identity, and professional success. Therefore, the need to safeguard one’s name becomes apparent, and Intellectual Property Rights offer a means to address this concern.

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright: WIPO. No amendment offered in public session. Particularly when combined with the Article 7 fixation right, this provides the broadcaster with copyright-like exclusive rights in the programme. No amendment offered in public session. Thus, broadcasters could receive more protection than copyright owners.