The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Marques - CELEBRATING MARKS: How sustainability and technology will shape the future of brands - 20 to 23 September 2022 - Madrid, Spain The 2022 MARQUES Annual Conference will be held in Madrid from 20 to 23 September 2022. The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The study represents the second phase of a project already started in 2019, which led to the publication of its first phase named " Automated Content Recognition: Existing technologies and their impact on IP " in November 2020.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There is a constant debate of balancing the monopolistic rights against the right of public access to essential commodities like pharmaceuticals and medical products. This is where the concept of compulsory licensing gains popular attention. What is Compulsory Licensing? Reasons for Granting Compulsory License.

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IP Whiteboard

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For instance, the traditional principles behind patents (being exclusive rights granted on a temporary basis in exchange for making the details of an invention publicly available), and the usual grounds for establishing infringement of a patent, may not apply where an AI retains these details in a ‘black box’. Copyright and related rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

According to the Resolution, the development of the digital environment and of new technologies has made it easier, especially during the Covid pandemic, for all fans to access sports events broadcasts on all kinds of devices, increasing potential exposure to illegal content and enlarging the number of people who can access such broadcasts.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

In addition to significantly changing the Portuguese Copyright Code , the Decree-Law also affects Law 26/2015 on collective management organizations and Decree-Law 122/2000 on databases, and creates a new dispute resolution mechanism called “specialized institutionalized arbitration and mediation in matters of copyright and related rights”.

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2023

The IPKat has received and is happy to host this guest contribution by Deborah De Angelis (Studio Legale DDA) on the highly publicized halted licensing negotiations between Italian collecting society SIAE and Meta regarding the availability of the music repertoire administered by the former on the latter’s services. 17 (4), a). IPKat here ].

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

To the readers of this blog who have been following (for example here or here ) the debates around the enactment and implementation of the DSM Directive – a directive that aims to be in sync with the ‘rapid technological developments’ – the above sentence might seem counterintuitive. Saving the printed press.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

In light of criticism following the announcement of the political deal – and renewed warnings that the AI Act risks will hamper innovation in the European market – there may still be room for debate over the final terms of the AI Act before ratification. [13] 4(1) and 4(3).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Mili Baxi, on the development of a publisher’s right in digital media. Her areas of interest are Information Technology law, Intellectual Property law, Media & Communication Law, and human rights law. . Image from here. Introduction.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2022

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is proud and delighted to announce its new, in-person event to be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, June 2, 2022, on the topic: 'The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze'.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In the quaint days of 2019, when the EU issued its Digital Single Market Copyright Directive (DSM) , much attention was focused on issues such as a news publishers’ right and the obligations of platforms to take down infringing materials. This article originally appeared in The Scholarly Kitchen and is republished with permission.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While the Irish Copyright and Related Rights Act includes a similar provision concerning the authorship of computer-generated works, Irish academics have noted this provision may be inconsistent with the EU acquis. an integral and essential part of a technological process; 4. temporary copy which is; 2.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). An important but relatively neglected flaw is its silence on the features of the licensing mechanism that Member States may and shall adopt for the management of the press publishers’ right.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

6-7 April 2023: “From the DMCA to the DSA: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Online Platform Liability and Copyright Law” The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will hold its 27th annual symposium, on 6 and 7 April 2023, at the International House, UC Berkeley. Click here and here to know more. Click here to know more.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). An important but relatively neglected flaw is its silence on the features of the licensing mechanism that Member States may and shall adopt for the management of the press publishers’ right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

This seems to have pushed EU Member States towards compliance – the latest examples here are the Irish European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (19 November), the Italian Decree (published on 27 November), and the Estonian Act implementing the Directive (8 December).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

As such, the exemption is reduced to a priority for individual licensing. VGG, an extended collective licensing mechanism, something which is set out as optional under EU law (see below). Section 20b UrhG, which was previously only applicable to cable retransmission, has been revised to be technology neutral.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

This said, based on what is already available, it is apparent that the provisions that the EU legislature adopted in 2019 to establish a ‘Digital Single Market’ will be implemented in different – if not altogether creative – ways across the EU. Examples of the latter are the articles on authors’ and performers’ contracts (Articles 18 to 23).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In this context, other than the obligatory vague mention of the use of blockchain technologies, reference is made to the publication (later in 2021) of an ongoing study on copyright and new technologies, which will focus on copyright data management and artificial intelligence.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Unless these rights are contractually assigned or licensed, it is for the authors, and the institutions that employ them, to determine the conditions under which their works are to be published, reproduced, and otherwise used (including by way of OA) – not for the publishers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

If adopted in this form, such a provision would significantly strengthen the position of creators and rights holders to prevent or license the use of their works for the purpose of training generative AI models as foreseen in the CDSM Directive.

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