LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

What other key legal topics should I consider when using synthetic data to train an AI model? These topics are not covered in this series in further detail, but it is worth noting at least that the use of synthetic data can also mitigate certain specific risks under applicable data protection and privacy laws. 3] See e.g., I.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

While certain EU Member States are still to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/790 (Copyright DSM Directive), Ukraine, a non-EU country, has decided to implement certain provisions from the Directive. 17 Copyright DSM Directive. 17 Copyright DSM Directive. This includes Art. 60 of 5552-4.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2024

Two webinars on trade secrets in the EU On February 8, the European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) and the Bulgarian Patent Office will jointly host a webinar on the EU Trade Secrets Directive. The events will cover topics such as SEPs, crypto and blockchain disputes, among others.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

On Friday evening, after 38 hours of negotiations, representatives of the European Parliament, EU member states and the European Commission reached a provisional agreement on the proposed AI Act. The direct reference to Article 4(3) CDSM in the AI Act should put an end to this discussion.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

Following the example of the United States, the EU started publishing its very own piracy watchlist a few years ago. The third iteration of the EU watchlist will be published towards the end of the year and several interested parties have already submitted their nominations. The report then continues with examples of concrete threats.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

One of these measures is the proposal to amend the Design Directive by including a specific repair clause for design protection. First, there is the Design Directive which harmonizes the main material aspects of registered design law within the EU, such as the definitions, conditions and scope of protection.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The subsequent chapters attempt to demonstrate this argument with examples such as Orphan Works in chapter two, Open Access in chapter three, Napster in chapter four, notice and take down and website blocking in chapter five, the EU Copyright Directive in chapters six and seven. Moody refers to it as “copyright’s worst new law.”

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2022

While this often runs contrary to most streaming companies’ terms of service, it’s common practice among so-called ‘VPN pirates’ This type of unauthorized access is at the center of a case currently before the EU Court of Justice. EU Advocate General Maciej Szpunar shared his advice on the matter this week.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The indication was described as the use of safinamide as an add-on therapy to levodopa in Parkinson's disease ( EU/1/14/984 ). Newron applied for an SPC based on the basic patent EP (UK) 1613296 and the EU marketing authorisation for XADAGO ( EU/1/14/984 ).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Annual Conference on EU Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector 2022 (Brussels/online) The first event is the Annual Conference on EU Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector 2022 , which will take place in hybrid format (Brussels and online) on 17 and 18 March 2022.

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The IPKat

MAY 13, 2022

The DSM Directive 1 year on, online. 7 June 2022 marks one year from the day when all EU Member States were due to have implemented the DSM Directive 2019/790. fundamental rights, competition law, consumer protection, property law, unfair competition), your familiarity with (some) of these topics will be an asset.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The legislation also seeks to implement a number of other key legislative reforms including the transposition of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the alignment of the regulation of video on-demand services with traditional broadcasting (please see here for an overview of the OSMR Bill published earlier this year).

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 3, 2021

For Kat readers, interested in the topic, this Kat also recommends a recent study on dynamic blocking injunctions in the EU. VA’ in connection with whiskey, in light of an earlier trade mark, ‘THE ASWA’, registered under Class 33 for alcoholic beverages.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

On the topic of authorship, it could be argued that someone (one person or a group of persons) will still have high-level control of the training process, and that control could be enough to attribute authorship. The court stressed “the intention of the EU legislature to give broad scope to the definition of the term ‘database’” (§26).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

To make matters worse for copyright holders, the EU’s GDPR privacy law only made it harder to identify domain owners. “In addition, ICANN has failed to adopt meaningful solutions to improve the accuracy of registrant information, despite discussions on this topic for the last several years,” the RIAA adds.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For example, in October 2023, the First-tier Tribunal decided the appeal of Clearview AI, a US provider of facial recognition software, against a fine issued by the Information Commissioner for breaches under the EU and UK data protection regimes. [11] 2] Ibid , at para. 3] Ibid , at para. 5; see also paras. 23 and 24. [4] 2] Ibid , at para.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has held that all IP enforcement measures must satisfy the general obligations laid down in Article 3 of Directive 2004/48/EC (the Enforcement Directive), including proportionality (see, e.g., Tommy Hilfiger (2016), at 36). As a matter of fact, EU law requires as much.

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IPilogue

MARCH 31, 2022

Data shows that EU trademark filings correspond well with other economic indicators such as employment, domestic demand, GDP, and the overall attitude of investors toward a particular market (sentiment/confidence indicator). Their research shows that pandemic-era trademark activities fundamentally changed in the application text context.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This topic has become relevant again this month after Hellspy and Hellshare, two other Czech file-sharing platforms, signed a deal with rightsholders to filter uploads and search results. And as an added bonus, the filters also ensure that the service fulfills its obligations under the EU’s updated Copyright Directive.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The speakers include: The Hon Mr Justice Meade (High Court), Al Skilton (Senior Hearing Officer, UKIPO), Stev Sturmann (Chair of the 2nd Board of Appel, EUIPO) and Professor Dr Vespa Tomljenovic (Judge, General Court of the EU). The product units comprise originals of all sectors and their brazen plagiarism in direct comparison.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

First up was the now-traditional EU and US Case Law Update presented by Jan Bernd Nordemann ( Nordemann ) and Vanessa Bailey ( Head of Patent Policy, Amazon ) that took the early morning attendees on a roller coaster ride of recent American and European trade mark, design, copyright and patent case-law. a of the Design Directive.

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The IPKat

APRIL 20, 2022

A Kat in desperate need of a coffee GuestKat Gabriele Girardello shared with us the trends and topics covered at the “Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation” conference in Amsterdam, which he attended on 14-16 March 2022. Katfriend Marijus Dingilevskis reported on the Lithuanian transposition of the DSM Directive.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This second part of our four-part series on using synthetic data to train AI models explores how the use of synthetic data training sets may mitigate copyright infringement risks under EU law. Under EU law, a work must be the “author’s own intellectual creation” for copyright to subsist in it.

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The IPKat

APRIL 27, 2023

2(7) is a matter of EU law or the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. Copyright Former Guest Kat Jan Jacobi reported on a Dutch referral to the CJEU about Article 2(7) of the Berne Convention in connection with designer chairs, the issue being whether the scope of Art.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 28, 2021

Copyright PermaKat Eleonora Rosati shared her analysis of the judgment in VG Bild-Kunst (C-392/12), issued by the Court of Justice earlier this year [see also an earlier post by Eleonora on the same topic here ]. In this judgment, the Court has (once again) interpreted the concept of ‘communication to the public’ under the InfoSoc Directive.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Topics ranged from the trends being seen in online fashion commerce post-pandemic, to counterfeiting issues and how to deal with them, through to the legal changes and updates coming up that will impact both marketplaces and the brands that use them.

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The IPKat

APRIL 13, 2022

Three years after its adoption, the discussion of and around the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital SingleMarket 2019/790 (‘DSM Directive’) is anything but exhausted. A significant number of EU Member States is yet to complete the national transposition process, despite the deadline of 7 June 2021.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Digital Services Act ( DSA ), a major EU regulation for online content, was signed into law yesterday. The platform must have 45+ million active monthly users in the EU in order to qualify as a VLOP. Broadly, the obligations set out in the DSA are proportionate to the scale of the user base of the service provider.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

This two-part blog post offers a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. Our analysis explores the dynamic of “bias propagation” in relation to the obligations stemming from Article 17 CDSM Directive. In doing so, it is important to highlight some key traits of the EU acquis.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

UCL Faculty of Laws – “ Hybrid | Naughty Trade Marks and Greedy Owners ” 23 March 2022 – 18:00 – 19:30 GMT (Online) UCL will hold its annual IBIL Brands Seminar, which will examine the extent to which ethical values are shaping - and should shape - the nature and scope of trade mark protection, taking into account trends in the US, UK and EU.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

In addition, potential and tangible intersections between intellectual property and these trending topics were recently discussed by The Trademark Lawyer Magazine. In February, the Commission published its proposal for a " Data Act ", which in principle aims to revise the legal framework of Directive 96/9/EC.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

But at some point, the narrative put forward by several developed countries, including the EU, that the international agreement that had been reached for persons with visual impairments was exceptional, started to settle in.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This type of messaging doesn’t work for everyone, so more direct tactics are explored as well. EU Didn’t See a Malware Piracy Epidemic. Also, it’s worth noting that there is research on the topic that shows quite a different picture. Over the years we have seen dozens of anti-piracy campaigns.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. and the EU. Registration is open and more details can be found here. The event will be online and registration can be made here.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 24, 2023

Rightsholders usually welcome support at the EU level with open arms, but in this case it only increased frustrations. Perhaps fittingly given the topic, the EC’s report has already leaked online and according to reports, rightsholders are underwhelmed by the document, to put it mildly. Again, questions are raised.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2022

The event shall tackle the use of gender-neutral language in decisions, potential priority for the selection process and other relevant topics. This year’s topics will include mental health as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion. Registration can be made on the event's website. More details about the event are available here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Through a comparative perspective, the Report examines the scope of protection of audiovisual sports content in the national framework of the 27 EU member states and the UK. In any case, national courts have to make sure that the injunctions are proportionate, in order to protect fundamental rights of users and services.

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