The WIPO started an important consultation on the intersection and a possible regulation of AI and IP. Following an open consultation phase, the WIPO is planning to have an online conversation in July. As a part of that, interested people might be able to submit
Two short writings of mine were published recently. One is on the (untold) history of Chinese copyright law, and another one on the Hungarian draft implementation bill of the CDSM Directive.
I am thrilled that the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice accepted my short manuscript on the analysis of a recent Hungarian court ruling regarding the (not implemented) parody exception. The abbreviated version of the analysis is published on JIPLP’s blog today.
Following what can only be described as a long and tortuous process, the EU legislative bodies adopted the Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive in June 2019 (for an overview, see here). Article 17 (former Article 13) on the new liability regime of
This blog piece is a continuation of the previous post on the ARIPO Model Law on Copyright and the Draft Nigerian Copyright Bill (please see last week post here). The present post will address the five remaining topics as itemized below.
This blog post will review the ARIPO Model Law on Copyright and Related Rights[1] against the standards proposed in the Draft Nigerian Copyright Bill.[2] Though Nigeria is currently not a member state of ARIPO,[3] its observer status in the organization makes this comparison a worthwhile