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This series of posts presents the implementation of the CDSM Directive in Poland and discusses some of the controversies linked to the new provisions in Polish law. The…
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Recently, there has been a lot of suggestions that the U.S. Copyright Office is registering “AI-generated works.” Nonetheless, these are not actually AI-…
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Once the dust has settled after a difficult lawmaking process, commentators may succumb to the temptation of simply accepting and rubberstamping whatever result has been…
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Slightly overdue, but here comes the first roundup of 2025. The EU courts have issued just one judgment in this trimester, but to make up for it, there have been…
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Discussions about copyright have once again returned to the political agenda in Brazil. Various national - and international - regulatory initiatives seek to address the…
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On March 18, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the denial of Stephen Thaler’s application to…
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Last year we reported on the European AI Office facilitating the drawing-up of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (the “Code”). The first draft of…
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In March 2025 the New Zealand Supreme Court confirmed that copyright is relationship property, to be divided accordingly when a qualifying relationship…
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In a decision of 20 February 2025 the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) denied copyright protection as a work of applied art for two sandal designs. The ruling…
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The debate on the use of copyrighted material to train generative AI models is evolving, shifting its focus from whether compensation is due to creators, to…
