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

The IPKat

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. PML is a company that manufactures hand crank musical boxes.

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When is a derivative work original and thus protectable by copyright? Classicist’s critical edition makes its way to Luxembourg in fresh Romanian CJEU referral

The IPKat

Unlike the Swedish and German referrals, the Romanian one has not been made in the context of a dispute concerning works of applied art (which is refreshing), but rather in relation to the protectability of a critical edition of a work. Translated into copyright language: a critical edition is an example of derivative work.

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

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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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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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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Mango, in turn, sustained in its defence that (i) as the rightful owner of the physical Paintings, it was entitled to display them in public, and that (ii) the creation of digital works (i.e. Therefore, the moral right of “disclosure” had already been exhausted. an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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Music Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Along with the economic rights granted by copyright, the copyright holder also has moral rights. India is a signatory to the Berne Convention, and Article 6bis of that Convention protects moral rights, commonly known as the paternity rights of the author or creator of the copyrighted works.

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