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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

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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.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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The book consists of 21 chapters, each of which addresses a distinct pair of IP rights, where IP is given a broad swathe of meaning. Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. The case serves as the springboard for a discussion on whether owning both rights may put the rightsholder at risk.

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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I by Oleksandr Bulayenko , João Pedro Quintais , Joost Poort and Daniel Gervais. Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

CJEU judgments and AG Opinions Blue Air Aviation, CJEU, C ‑ 775/21 and C ‑ 826/21 On 20 April 2023, the CJEU delivered its judgment in Blue Air Aviation , where it once again turned to the right of communication to the public, but this time in the context of broadcasting on a plane and a train.

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The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The outcome of the consultation is supposed to inform the government with respect to a potential legislative reform of the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA). The consultation closed in the beginning of January 2022. Conversely, users were very much in favour of an exception as it would remove the need for licensing.