TorrentFreak

MARCH 22, 2024

The Paris court noted that the site “encouraged the infringement of copyright and related rights by setting up tools specifically designed for the mass and illicit sharing of protected content.” ” “The operators are located in India,” the MPA informed the USTR. 1 to 3 were masked.”

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Marcel Pemsel commented on two instances in which the EUIPO Board of Appeal assessed whether distinctive character was present in relation to cases of trade mark applications for signs portraying a specific person’s photograph. Other news Hayleigh Bosher invited the IPKat readers to vote for the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

Here they are in case you missed them: TRADE MARKS Katfriend Marijus Dingilevskis posted on a recent decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, which states that even if a trade mark has been registered in the international register for 40 years, this is no guarantee that a subsequent national designation will be also registered.

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The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the interim, at least, related rights, trade secrets, or protection against unfair competition, might provide some helpful alternatives. [A Related rights will only apply to video or audio, and, in any event, they are not universally recognized around the world. 2021/41/N/HS5/02726.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Even though constraints regarding shot selection are imposed by the rules and the purpose of the game itself, the director’s choices create a specific viewer experience which has been designed by the director.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

21, Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ), New Zealand ( section 5(2)(a), Copyright Act 1994 ), South Africa (section 2(h), Copyright Act 1978 ) and the UK ( Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 9(3) ). We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI” 2.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

He worked for large companies, active worldwide in the food industry, which specialised in the design and development of recipes and culinary products for industrial use. Compensation presupposes culpability and infringement of IP (or related rights) (i.e.,

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

What kinds of IP related rights would apply to quantum computing technology? This article will provide the holistic view of the current framework of IP and its related rights and how would it balance the interests of innovators/stakeholders and the interest of public. UNDERSTANDING QUANTUM COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. Additionally, we note that this Study revealed little demand for additional copyright-related rights for press publishers.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

UNION­-IP Designs Commission – Round table The Union of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property (UNION-IP) will hold a round table on the topic “Unity in Design Law - a common invalidity trap” on 12 November 2021 from 1:30pm to 4:45pm (CET) in Amsterdam. More information about the event and registration is available here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

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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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Additionally, it requires Cambodia to maintain online databases with data on applications and registrations for patents, industrial designs, and trademarks. A GI is a label placed on goods with a geographic origin and a quality, reputation, or other attribute associated with that location. Conclusion.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

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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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Thus, the COVID 19 pandemic has underlined the importance of waiving patents and other IP-related rights linked to healthcare products, vaccines, and scientific processes to ensure the accessibility of the same on a global level. Image Source:gettyimages]. Highlights of the WTO TRIPS waiver proposed by South Africa and India.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 defines a computer-generated work as a work generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work. Text and data mining (TDM).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

The legal doctrines involved are closely related to copyrights and related rights systems. They observed that the designs have been handed down from generation to generation and that they are a result of the collective creativity of the Mayan community. Why is their protection important?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

There is a significant push at this week’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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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

Such creations may include literary and artistic works, designs, names, inventions, etc. Copyright’s relationship to IP is that it is just another form of IP, like trademarks, patents, and industrial designs. In simple terms, IP is a category of property that includes the intangible (i.e., Copyright.

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IP Whiteboard

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The consultation covers five key areas of IP – patents, copyright, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Copyright and related rights. According to the UK IPO, AI cannot currently be recognised as the author or owner of a design because AI does not have legal personality. copyright protection for AI software.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Interestingly, designers of computer games have also been mentioned, although, according to Article 77 of the Polish copyright law, computer programs do not fall under the exception concerning permitted personal uses described in Article 23 of the Polish Copyright Act.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

And while the legislative inspiration for the Repair Exception is not entirely clear, all signs point to §56 of Germany’s Act on Copyright and Related Rights (UrhG) and date back to 1965. Member state implementations of the Repair Exception also reveal quite divergent approaches and interpretations of the provision.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

The first issue raised in the consultation was whether the copyright protection for computer-generated works (CGWs)without a human author, in the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), strikes the right balance between incentivising and rewarding investment in AI creativity. A third alternative: the related rights approach.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Regarding the entitlement to the rights, the recording and broadcast of a sports event are protected by related rights, which are respectively granted to producers of audiovisual works for the first fixation of the film and to broadcasting organisations for the transmission of broadcast signals for public reception.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

WIPO, Agreement on diplomatic conference on Design Law Treaty. In July, the WIPO Member States agreed to go ahead with a diplomatic conference on the protection of designs to ease cross-border trade. European Commission, European Media Freedom Act.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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.”

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

The use of AI technology to generate images or music and other creative works, has legal implications for copyright and related rights of creators and rightsholders. As the creative industry is responsible for 6% of the UK’s GDP, the dialogue is particularly important with regards to the protection of the rights of the creatives.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The applicants alleged that the respondents were passing off its school shoes branded “shupavu” as those of theirs branded “Toughees” on account of the similarities in shape, design, features and general appearance. Notably the applicant had a right to be notified of the pending removal and extinction of the related rights in the trademark.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

“ YouTube II ” concerned the infringement of the right of communication to the public as per Article 3 of the Copyright Directive (2001/29) in relation to copyright and related rights in various music tracks.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

because there is no public access regime that applies, or because third parties own intellectual property rights. Where third parties such as publishers or data services hold copyright or sui generis rights (or related rights) the public sector body would then of course have to ensure it has proper authorization from the right holder.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The current generation of AI image generation tools such as Stable Diffusion , Midjourney and DALL·E 2 are designed to take a text description or prompt from a user and generate an image that matches the prompt. What is AI image generation software?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Generally speaking, the approved transposition follows the text of the Directive rather closely, similarly to other delayed implementations such as the Irish one , without embracing a more “creative” legislative design, as has been the case for instance in Germany and Greece.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Patent cases also involve aspects of secrecy—such as unpublished patent applications that might bear on validity and business strategy related to damages—but trade secret litigation goes to the very heart of the cause of action: that the information that was allegedly misappropriated was not known or readily ascertainable.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

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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azrights

AUGUST 11, 2022

Section 178 Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) introduced this law in 1980s. The CDPA designates the author of such a work as “the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken” (s9(3) CDPA). Most of these computer-generated works are protected by copyright in the UK.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2022

its pattern, trade mark or design) to determine whether it is genuine or counterfeit. This issue has also raised the question of how to strike the right balance between the respective interests and rights of intellectual property owners on the one hand and amateur creators, users and content sharing services on the other.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

While sports events, as such, are not protected by copyright and related rights, the origanisers of these events may benefit from specific protection under national law. The next step in the legislative process are the trilogue meetings between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council to agree on a final text.

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