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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

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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). Kat approved This book is aimed at those who are new to the subject of intellectual property.

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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Fast forward and see: The Database directive stands unchanged and there is still no clear evidence that the then-new intellectual property right is an effective instrument. because there is no public access regime that applies, or because third parties own intellectual property rights.

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A Closer Insight into Copyright related Issues in the Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Commission’s Proposal for a Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, the tension between the new rules introduced by the Data Act Proposal and potential intellectual property protection, including copyright protection, will require further coordination efforts. This post focuses on selected copyright and related rights matters that the Institute details in its Position Statement.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work. SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher reviewed " Performers' Rights " by the Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

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The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

Kluwer Copyright Blog

European and international policymakers have raised how artificial intelligence (AI) interacts with intellectual property (IP) law on several occasions. The license is not triggered in most open licenses if applied to subject matter not protected by copyright (or related rights). Image by Dorothée QUENNESSON from Pixabay.

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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he He also claimed that the phonographic rights that according to the language of the contract belonged to the label, were actually his own. T]he European Commission published its proposal for a Data Act. by Alexander Puutio. €