In France, the press publishers’ right of Article 15 of the CDSM Directive was implemented in articles L.218‐1 et seq. of the intellectual property code (‘IPC’) (here for our presentation…
Any suggestion that copyright might be linked in any way to a registry is enough to raise concerns amongst legal scholars and rightsholders. Yet, notwithstanding the questionable choice of term - one…
On 28 May 2026, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published its study on “Mapping of EU Databases and Metadata Standards Providing Information on Copyright-Protected Works” (…
On 31 July 2025, in Spitz Park v ECAD (Agravo de Instrumento No. 5032376-37.2025.8.24.0000), the Court of Justice of Santa Catarina, a state in southern Brazil, considered whether a collective…
Scholarly publishing is a complex and diverse ecosystem, encompassing a multiplicity of publishers, business models, and disciplines. At their core, these organizations are united by the common…
The Law: A New Sui Generis Right Within CopyrightIn March 2026 the Cyprus House of Representatives amended the Copyright and Related Rights Law 59/1976, introducing a new sui generis right against…
The 48th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) embraced the first text-based work on Limitations and…
Earlier this month the European Commission published a call for evidence relating to the "Report on the review of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive" and a "Targeted initiative for…
On 10 March 2026, the European Parliament adopted, by 460 votes to 71, a resolution on copyright and generative AI proposing that EU copyright law apply to every generative AI system placed on the EU…
The debate around generative artificial intelligence (genAI) and copyright law has been raging on globally for some time. In some respects, the dust is slowly beginning to settle: for example, the…
