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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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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. This Kat will certainly be recommending this book to her PGCert and IP Pro Bono students!

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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.