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The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the midst of the economic and social paralysis arising from the COVID 19 pandemic, the tireless discipline of law has prevailed as always, if anything with increased activity. Each State will decide on the basis of its own laws whether or not the payment of said economic rights is subject to collective management.

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry clarifies Current IPR Regime Sufficient for AI Works Protection

SpicyIP

Whether the government plans to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 to update copyright laws to cover AI-generated content. Varsha suggests imposing requirements on developers to ensure AI development respects the exclusive rights of human creators in training datasets, and users should also be obligated to ensure compliance with relevant laws.

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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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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

Kashishipr

However, in this aspect, what needs to be duly noted is that staying on top of Copyright Laws , rules, and regulations on a content-rich internet can be challenging. It is because not only the internet but the laws, rules, and regulations are also saturated with exceptions, clauses, and legal jargon.

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

The IPKat

The preface reiterates that the purpose of the book is to describe the essential nature of living IP law: "What we want is the reader to come away with a good idea of how IP works in practice." The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information.

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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. Applicable legal provisions The relevant law in this case was Law 2121/1993. Originality The meaning of “originality” is not generally defined by law. dishes and seasonings) as works of IP. (1)

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Nigeria amends its Copyright Act to ratify outstanding copyright treaties and address other issues

The IPKat

Moral rights transmissible by testamentary disposition: While moral rights are not transmissible during the life of the author, they are transmissible upon the author's death by testamentary disposition or operation of law. See section 14(3). See the definition of “beneficiary person” in section 26(7)(d).