Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

The underlying claim concerned the alleged infringement of database rights and copyright in various aspects of the Bitcoin System. Dr Wright claims to own database rights in various iterations of the Bitcoin Blockchain and literary copyright in the White Paper and in what is referred to in the claim as the “Bitcoin File Format”.

Database Right 101

Database Right Copyright Editing Copyright Infringement 101

The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

This is a review of Guidebook to Intellectual Property (seventh edition) authored by Sir Robin Jacob (8 New Square and UCL, Matthew Fisher (UCL) and Lynne Chave (UCL). A discount for IPkat readers has kindly been provided by the publisher, please see below for the code.

Intellectual Property 78

Intellectual Property Moral Rights Database Right Editing 78

The IPKat

JULY 30, 2023

Now in its second edition, the book offers a primer on copyright-related challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) presents. For instance, he reviews the UK system of protection for computer-generated works and the EU sui generis database right. This might slow down the development of this market in Europe.

Art 52

Art Copyright Database Right Public Domain 52

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.

Database Right 75

Database Right Due Diligence Intellectual Property Government 75

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

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.). The volume is a beautiful testimony to the work of late Shamnad Basheer, who co-edited the first edition.

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Access to APIs, such as in the case of OpenAI’s model GPT-3 , the use of technical protection measures and access to training data limited by database rights are some already existing examples. On the whole, it seems there is no justification for the creation of a sui generis right or ancillary right for the protection of ML models.

Copyright 52

Copyright Public Domain Intellectual Property Database Right 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 16, 2022

The revision of the Database Directive that is included in the Data Act does not address the status of public sector data nor does it enable access and use of data for research, but it should. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Jan Bernd Nordemann, Christian Czychowski. €

Intellectual Property Law 84

Intellectual Property Law Copyright Intellectual Property Editing 84