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Bernd Justin Jütte (University College Dublin)

Axel Voss’ Good Intention – The European Parliament adopts report to recalibrate EU copyright for Generative AI

March 10, 2026

On 10 March the European Parliament adopted a report on copyright and generative artificial intelligence, tabled by the Committee on Legal Affairs. The report urges the European Commission to…

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Bauyrzhan Zhanadilov (National Institute of Intellectual Property (Qazpatent) )

AI-Assisted Works and Human Creativity: Insights from Recent Registrations in Kazakhstan

March 9, 2026

This post continues the discussion initiated in my recent contribution and turns from legislative developments to emerging administrative practice. In late 2025, two related AI-assisted works were…

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Peter Mezei (University of Szeged, Hungary), Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, University of Glasgow), Thomas Margoni (KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law), Alexander Peukert (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main), João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

Comment of the European Copyright Society on the request for preliminary ruling in Case C-250/25 (Like Company)

March 4, 2026

The European Copyright Society published its Opinion in Like Company. The European Copyright Society (ECS) was founded in 2012 with the aim of creating a platform for critical and independent…

Brad Spitz (REALEX and University Paris-Saclay (UVSQ))

The CJEU SACD case: Admissibility of a copyright action that does not include all the co-authors

March 2, 2026

In 2019 the heirs of the famous French film director, author of many Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) films, Claude Chabrol who died in 2010, brought a case against the assignees of 14 films he made between…

Bernd Justin Jütte (University College Dublin)

Exemptions and compensation schemes for commercial users: Private copying levies after the CJEU’s ruling in bluechip v ZPÜ (C-822/24)

February 23, 2026

In bluechip Computer Aktiengesellschaft v Zentralstelle für Überspielungsrechte (ZPÜ), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) further determines the conditions under which EU Member States…

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Bohdan Widła (Jagiellonian University in Kraków)

What is a computer program anyway? The effects of CJEU’s judgment in C-159/23 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

February 23, 2026

A case about more than just a gameAlthough the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been shaping copyright in the EU for years, it is difficult not to get the impression that the debate…

Landine Varela (ARQUE Advocaten)

BIRKENSTOCK v. SCAPINO: Dutch court recognizes copyright in iconic sandals

February 19, 2026

The German company Birkenstock is widely known to the public for its sandals and has frequently been involved in litigation to protect its designs. On 12 November 2025, the District Court of Midden…