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[Guest post] New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights

The IPKat

Here's what Kateryna and Liubov write : New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights by Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk Last year, the Ukrainian copyright reform got on its fast track. In July the Ukrainian parliament approved one of the legislative proposals on copyright and related rights as a basis.

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EU copyright law round up – third trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Between 22 July 2022 and 22 September 2022, the European Commission ran a public consultation seeking views on the remuneration of non-EU music performers and record producers with respect to the music played in the EU. WIPO, Agreement on diplomatic conference on Design Law Treaty.

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Protecting Product and Packaging Designs in China Part II – Copyright

LexBlog IP

The protection of moral rights, including the rights of publication, authorship, alteration, and integrity, is perpetual. 2D designs and texts on a product or packaging may be protected as written, pictorial, photographic, and graphic works, or even works of fine art, depending on the nature of the design elements.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Copyright Anastasiia Kyrylenko discussed the recent interpretation of Article 4 of Directive 2004/48/EC by the CJEU in relation to possibility for collective management organisations to bring, in their own name, actions for copyright infringement on behalf of the right holders.

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

The IPKat

As someone who has also authored a practical guide ( Copyright in the Music Industry ) that is aimed at a novice audience, this Kat must stress the intended audience of the book and, as such, the lack of references and appendices of legal texts. The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

This is a review of Performer's Rights by the Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended).

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[Guest post] What if AI wrote this post? – An inquiry into the impact of AI on the creative industries

The IPKat

This post is brought to you by Oprah Nwobike , who is a lawyer and doctoral researcher at Brunel University London focusing on copyright and artificial intelligence in the music industry, under the supervision of IPKat's Dr Hayleigh Bosher. AI companies take music created by humans and generate ‘new’ AI music based on what has been trained.

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