Monday, 18 May 2015

WIPO Magazine takes a look at copyright

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The current issue of the World Intellectual Property Organization's WIPO Magazine is unusually heavily loaded with current copyright is...

So no full harmonisation plans after all?

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Modern does not mean ... A few days ago the EU Commission unveiled its  Digital Single Market Strategy  (DSMS), a document detailing po...
Friday, 15 May 2015

Please Sir, can I have some more?

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A couple of weeks ago we published a piece outlining the first six months progress with the IPO's orphan works licensing scheme. ...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2015

A case of Berries triumphing over Blossom

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Since at least the middle of the last century intellectual property law has recognised the overlap between copyright and design right. ...

MusicTank Asks “Who Pays For The Right To Copy?”

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The University of Westminster's Music Tank has put together an expert copyright panel to debate a new model for artist remuneration for ...

The CopyKat - tickling Wednesday's whiskers

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Live video streaming is nothing new – services have been around since the early 2000s – but Meerkat and Periscope have made it easier to b...
Sunday, 10 May 2015

Rock Follies? heavy metal copying claims rock on

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The dust has yet to settle on the 'Blurred Lines' litigation in the USA - with a review of the damages awarded to the Gaye family...
Thursday, 7 May 2015

Ninth Circuit Panel Held that California Resale Act Violates Dormant Commerce Clause

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Several artists and estates of artists filed three separate class action suits in 2011 against two auctions houses, Christies and Sotheby’...