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Copyright in the Bitcoin File Format: a question of content over structure

Kluwer Copyright Blog

3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”). The underlying claim concerned the alleged infringement of database rights and copyright in various aspects of the Bitcoin System. In other words, the Bitcoin File Format did not meet the requirement for “fixation” in s.3(2)

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

The IPKat

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. PATENTS GuestKat Rose Hughes reported on a decision by the Court of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the life science field on a dosage regime claim.

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-12-04

Barry Sookman

UK law on database rights post brexit, Genius Sports Technologies Ltd & Ors v Soft Construct (Malta) Ltd & Ors [202… [link] 2021-12-02. Getting ready for Quebec’s Bill 64 privacy law impacts on outsourcing [link] 2021-12-02. link] 2021-12-02.

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

The IPKat

The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design. The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Among other things, the proposal clarifies that the " sui generis database right " introduced by the Database Directive does not apply to databases containing data originating from or generated by the use of a connected device. PATENTS The EPO's new guidelines for examination came into force at the beginning of March.

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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

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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Swedish court applies C-762/19 CV-Online Latvia in parking app battle

The IPKat

The CJEU’s recognition of the added value for customers that content aggregators can create, and the refined and subtle (while perhaps not totally clear) balancing act suggested by the decision, makes CV-Online Latvia an important addition to the CJEU’s database right jurisprudence. Parkamo GmbH.