The Finnish market court (Markkinaoikeus) has sided with the producers of the sci-fi feature film 'Iron Sky' in a copyright case (MAO:302/18) concerning rights in that movie. The market court…
The creation of works by artificial intelligence systems (AIS) challenges our perception of creativity and, with it, of eligibility for copyright protection. Examples abound. AIS can autonomously…
The Patent and Market Court of Appeal upheld the first instance Court's judgment, confirming that a motorboat could be protected by copyright as a work of applied art, and that this copyright had…
In May, the ECS held their annual summit in Brussels, under the title “EU copyright, quo vadis? From the EU copyright package to the challenges of Artificial Intelligence.” The summit covered many…
The legal battle over who has the copyright claim to the pictures taken by a monkey has finally come to an end. The monkey self-portrait (“selfie”) dispute is a series of much discussed legal…
Have you ever given an idea to a friend, who then weaved that idea into their work? Did you feel that you should be recognised for your idea being included even though what you contributed was…
It’s been almost two years since the Slovak legislator introduced an improved legal framework by adoption of a completely new Slovak Copyright Act. The main aim of the legislation was to introduce…
The Spanish Supreme Court has recently ruled on the concept of originality in respect of architectural works, and for the first time has established clear and specific guidelines for applying…
A full report of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
In this interesting case, the Supreme Court of Estonia examined whether the answers given by the claimant in the framework of an…
