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A musical box infringes author’s moral rights, says the French Cassation Court

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During his lifetime, Trenet assigned his economic rights to these songs to his music publisher, Editions Raoul Breton. After Trenet’s death, all his patrimony (including the moral rights to the songs) were inherited by his friend, Georges El Assidi. 121-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

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This is a review of Guidebook to Intellectual Property (seventh edition) authored by Sir Robin Jacob (8 New Square and UCL, Matthew Fisher (UCL) and Lynne Chave (UCL). Kat approved This book is aimed at those who are new to the subject of intellectual property.

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced!

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. • Study Guide to the Patents Acts (14th edition), by Doug Ealey. And the winner is: The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law (Bloomsbury) by Léon Dijkman Best Copyright Law Book The nominations were: • Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (2nd edition), by Elenora Rosati. •

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Copyright case: El Hormiguero Case, Spain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The co-defendants were ordered to cease all acts of exploitation of the work and to compensate the author for the infringement of her intellectual property rights, including moral rights. More from our authors: Guide to EU and UK Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law, Eighth Edition by Sally Shorthose € 265

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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. Another significant divergence lies in the recognition of moral rights.

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

The IPKat

The Court held that a musical box infringed of an author’s moral rights. Patents Hayleigh Bosher gave some thoughts on the new patent service of the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Anastasiia Kyrylenko analysed a decision issued by the French Cour de cassation on 8 March 2023.

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Generative AI and Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

This way of doing things with the help of generative AI technology carries numerous legal challenges of intellectual property violation. In doing so, it calls into question a fundamental assumption of many traditional intellectual property (IP) frameworks as copyright laws only protect works created by humans and not AI.