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Opinion of the European Copyright Society on certain selected aspects of Case C-227/23, Kwantum Nederland and Kwantum Belgiƫ

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Berne Convention underscores the national treatment of foreign authors, allowing Union states to protect designs through various means. The Dutch Supreme Court seeks clarity on whether EU law mandates copyright limitation through reciprocity, especially concerning non-EU right holders.

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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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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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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

There is a significant push at this weekā€™s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.

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ā€˜Copying into Copyright Lawā€™: Irelandā€™s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ā€˜European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021ā€™ (hereinafter ā€˜ the Regulationsā€™ ). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. Section 53A).

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False Association Under 2(a) is not the Same As Likelihood of Confusion Under 2(d)

LexBlog IP

Even in the absence of a likelihood of confusion as to the source of goods, we have stated that under section 2(a), one’s right of privacy, or the related right of publicity, may be violated.”