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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

The IPKat

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law.

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[Guest post] New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following legislative update on the new Ukrainian Copyright Law from Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk (both Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). In July the Ukrainian parliament approved one of the legislative proposals on copyright and related rights as a basis.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

These questions will be addressed by applying UK law and the EU copyright acquis to NFTs, as illustrated by relevant Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law and global contemporary examples. The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority had emphasised this in its April 2021 guidance on advertising cryptocurrencies.

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Establishment and operation of CMOs in Greece

LexBlog IP

Further, according to article 8(2) of Law 4481/2017, a CMO may exist under the form of a public limited company (SA), but all of its shares must be mandatorily registered. Legal forms of CMOs. In practice, most CMOs in Greece have chosen the form of limited liability civil cooperatives. to be organised on a non-profit basis. Emphasis added.).

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

As of this writing, there is no explicit regulation governing the NFT market or the way NFTs should be produced, acquired, gathered, coined, etc. While NFT platforms are not yet specifically regulated, they are subject to the provisions on Electronic System Providers (“ESPs”) contained in several regulations, as follows: • Law No.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

1) He made this request on grounds including trademark law and unfair competition law. The third defendant was licensed to produce and market the disputed foods and spices under its own name and at its own expense, paying a fixed fee to the plaintiff for each individual product sold.

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Open Access Book on Negotiating History of the WCT and WPPT by Dr. R.V.V. Ayyar

SpicyIP

And it’s published under a creative commons license, with the text available on his website here. The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […].