LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, the Court rejected the action as: not legal, insofar as it concerned the protection of recipes as works of intellectual property; and unfounded, because recipes are assimilated to ideas and not to works enjoying copyright protection under Greek (and EU) law. dishes and seasonings) as works of IP. (1) Emphasis added.)

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Moral Rights Related Rights Art 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This contribution is based on a paper published in 44 European Intellectual Property Law Review 595 (2022). . This does not require any creativity but simply a de minimis “personal intellectual effort” ( ein Mindestmaß an persönlicher geistiger Leistung ) or a “mere technical effort” ( rein technische Leistung ).

Copyright 56

Copyright Related Rights Artistic Work Public Domain 56

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Furthermore, it introduces an accompanying new moral right of attribution for the first source of the ‘news of the day’. Works of authorship are protected through economic and moral rights afforded to the copyright holder. Nevertheless, a more precise characterisation is that this is a new related right.

Moral Rights 102

Moral Rights Publishing Licensing Copyright 102

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The question as to whether the required serious infringement of moral rights had occurred could, the BGH ruled, only be ascertained on the basis of an analysis of the entire circumstances of the specific case. The BGH assumed that an infringement of the related right of the film producer had occurred.

Contracts 98

Contracts Copyright Law Cease and Desist 98