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Book Review: Research Handbook on IP and Moral Rights

The IPKat

This is a book review of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights , curated by Ysolde Gendreau (Université de Montréal, Canada), provided by Francesca Mazzi , Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law at Brunel University London. Such gestures couldn't be overlooked in a book on moral rights.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

We are happy to announce that going forward we will be publishing an annual review of the case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof, authored by Jan Bernd Nordemnann (NORDEMANN law firm). This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Moral rights (Sections 12-14 UrhG).

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced!

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The winner is: EU Trade Mark Law and Product Protection: A Comparative Analysis of Trade Mark Functionality (Routledge) by Lavinia Brancusi Best Book on Design Law The nominations were: • Australian Design Law and Practice, by Tyrone Berger. Concise European Design Law, by Verena von Bomhard and Alexander von Mühlendahl.

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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

The IPKat

This article delves into the saga’s central copyright issues and the concept of moral rights, and compares the situation in the US to how it might have unfolded under EU law. Taylor however retained the copyrights over the compositions she created, enabling her to (re-)publish the music independently.

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My Concerns with the ‘Can’t Be Evil’ NFT Licenses

Plagiarism Today

Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. However, the CBE licenses don’t mention moral rights at all.

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

The IPKat

The IPKat has published several posts over the past two weeks! PermaKat Eleonora Rosati posted about last week's General Court judgment on the partial invalidity of the shape mark of an icon of Italian fashion design and history: the Moon Boots. Background, analysis and comments are provided by GuestKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). Those working in the field of media and entertainment law will no doubt be familiar with Arnold's authorial text on Performer's Rights.