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ARIPO Member States adopt the Kampala Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related Rights

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Late last month (August), the Kampala Protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights within the framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) was adopted at a Diplomatic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda. All applications for changes or variations may be accepted or rejected.

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CJEU has received first reference on DSM Directive

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The Royal Decree concerning the related rights of artistic staff of the ONB was finally adopted and published in the Belgian Official Journal on 4th June of 2021. This is because ONB musicians have the status of “agents statuaires”, a figure close to civil servants, and their rights shall be primarily governed by a statute.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a study on EU copyright and related rights and access to and reuse of scientific publications, including open access. Such rules could grant copyright ownership in scientific publications to the scientific author or to universities.

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Portugal strengthens copyright protection on the Internet

Garrigues Blog

However, no notification occurs when there are well-founded doubts as to the ownership of the rights in question or to the legitimacy of the use of the contents by the person responsible for its availability.

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Delhi High Court clears the air around Copyright of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’

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By extension, and upon his demise, this right vests with his son Sandip Ray, along with the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (“SPSRA”), of which his son is a member. The Controversy around the Ownership Upon being commissioned by the film’s producer, R.

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Structuring Legal and Institutional Initiatives for TCE Protection

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The form of IPR that seems to have a role here is Copyright and the related rights system. As we are looking at communities as the owners and custodians of the TCEs, the ownership of copyrights should be collective. Conventional IPR.