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Italian transposition of press publishers’ right may be compatible with EU law, though with caveats, says Grand Chamber

12 mei 2026 · copyright,Italy,press publishers' right,CJEU,DSM Directive
Today, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long...

CJEU delivers pastiche-style judgment on … pastiche

14 april 2026 · copyright,pastiche,Pelham II,exceptions
Today, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment...

AG Emiliou advises CJEU to rule that OCSSPs' authorization under Article 17 of the DSM Directive extends to acts of reproduction

27 maart 2026 · reproduction,OCSSPs,Article 17 DSMD,copyright
Article 17(1) of the DSM Directive is premised on the idea that certain user-uploaded (UUC)...

CJEU rules that derivative works enjoy copyright protection if they are … original

22 maart 2026 · copyright,derivative works,originality
Article 2(3) of the Berne Convention mandates the copyright protection of derivative works like ...

How Anne Frank will (also) have a say on copyright enforcement in the age of AI

1 februari 2026 · copyright,Anne Frank,accessibility,targeting,artificial intelligence
Earlier this week, The IPKat reported on the Opinion of Advocate General (AG) Rantos in Anne...

EUIPO Grand Board refuses registration of ‘GEORGE ORWELL’ as a trade mark for inter alia books

26 december 2025 · trade marks,names,George Orwell
Can you register, as a trade mark, the name of an author, including an author – like George...

CJEU broadly follows AG and recognizability approach in Mio/konektra judgment

5 december 2025 · copyright,works of applied art,originality,infringement,Mio konektra
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has finally delivered its long-awaited judgment...

TDM exceptions (not just the three-step test) don’t allow all unlicensed AI development

13 oktober 2025 · copyright,artificial intelligence,text and data mining,AI training,three-step test
As autumn settles in and leaves begin to fall, one thing stays firmly in place: the judicial,...

New paper (and webinar) - The future of the movie industry in the wake of generative AI: A perspective under EU and UK copyright law

28 september 2025 · copyright,AI,artificial intelligence,movie industry
Like all sectors, the movie industry has been both affected by and exploring potential uses of...

The upcoming Mio/konektra judgment: What the CJEU should decide regarding the copyright infringement test

18 september 2025 · copyright,Mio,konektra,infringement test,originality
Back in the spring, The IPKat reported on the then fresh Opinion of Advocate General (AG) Szpunar...

Can trade mark law help protect one’s privacy (and stop the spread of embarrassing WhatsApp audio messages)?

13 augustus 2025 · privacy,trade marks,Raoul Bova,distinctiveness,occhi spaccanti
The use – and abuse – of IP rights to achieve objectives other than protecting what those rights...

Copyright exceptions and fair use defences for AI training done for “research” and “learning”: A new academic study

29 juli 2025 · copyright,artificial intelligence,AI training,exceptions,research
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must...

AG Spielmann advises CJEU to rule that a derivative work may be original and protection could also stem from efforts to reconstruct missing parts in someone else’s work

26 juni 2025 · copyright,derivative works,originality
International copyright law (Article 2(3) of the Berne Convention) mandates the protection of “[t...

AG Emiliou advises CJEU on pastiche (while adopting very critical stance on EU copyright system as a whole and past CJEU case law too)

18 juni 2025 · copyright,pastiche,Pelham,sampling
What does 'pastiche' mean? A question like this, raised a few years ago, would probably have...

CJEU receives first referral on chatbots and copyright

26 mei 2025 · copyright,AI,chatbots,Like Company v Google
Over the weekend, reports circulated that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has...

Of tables and other furniture: AG Szpunar advises CJEU on originality (but also proposes adoption of recognizability test for infringement)

8 mei 2025 · copyright,originality,Mio,konektra,designs
Is it true that originality is the only thing that matters in copyright law, including for works...

AG Campos advises CJEU to rule that joint ownership of copyright remains within the remit of national law, not EU law. But is that (still) right?

13 april 2025 · copyright,joint ownership,joint authorship,Chabrol C-182-24
Joint ownership of IP rights: is it an area governed by national or rather EU law? More...

US Court of Appeal confirms human authorship requirement, including for AI

20 maart 2025 · artificial intelligence,copyright,A recent entrance to paradise,authorship,originality
Can a work that is presented as being entirely AI-generated receive protection under copyright...

'MAGIC PUSSY'? Not contrary to “accepted principles of morality”, says EUIPO BoA

3 maart 2025 · trade marks,accepted principles of morality,COVIDIOT
A few weeks ago, the 5th Board of Appeal (BoA) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office...

New Vatican AI Guidelines for the development and use of AI models: from AI training to Vatican’s authorship and ownership of AI-generated outputs (at least within the Vatican City State)

25 januari 2025 · copyright,artificial intelligence,Vatican,text and data mining,AI-generated outputs
Overwhelmed by AI-related commentaries and looking for something that thinks – at least partly –...
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