The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

It provides an outline of the basic legal principles and how the IP system works. The preface reiterates that the purpose of the book is to describe the essential nature of living IP law: "What we want is the reader to come away with a good idea of how IP works in practice."

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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

This post focuses on selected copyright and related rights matters that the Institute details in its Position Statement. The Data Act Proposal explicitly addresses the relationship between the new right to access and share IoT data and the sui generis database right provided for in Article 7 of Directive 96/9/EC.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

The consultation document restates the fundamental right to intellectual property as the fundamental principle of ‘protection of the intellectual creations of individuals in the online space’ but is otherwise silent on IP. because there is no public access regime that applies, or because third parties own intellectual property rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

While sports events, as such, are not protected by copyright and related rights, the origanisers of these events may benefit from specific protection under national law. European Parliament, AI Act – negotiation position adopted On 14 June 2023, the European Pariament adopted its negotiating position on the AI Act.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers by Mark Fenwick and Paulius Jurcys. T]he European Commission published its proposal for a Data Act.

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