This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Over the first successful year of application of the Unitary Patent system, the European Patent Office (EPO) has already registered more than 27,000 unitary patents. This means that on average, almost one in four (23%) granted European patents apply across all participating Member States. […]More than 27,000 unitary patents registered in the first, successful year of the Unitary Patent system
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Over the first successful year of application of the Unitary Patent system, the European Patent Office (EPO) has already registered more than 27,000 unitary patents. This means that on average, almost one in four (23%) granted European patents apply across all participating Member States. […]How IP laws can be reimagined to stimulate innovation
February 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jens Martin Skibsted, Partner, Manyone A/S Intellectual Property (IP) laws are a two-edged sword. On the one hand, they enable creators to reap the full value of their creativity without fearing appropriation or imitation. On the flip side, IP […]Will copyright law enable or inhibit generative AI?
January 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jim Holloway, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Milton Cheng, Global Chair, Baker McKenzie, Julia S. Dickenson, Counsel, Baker McKenzie As artificial intelligence (AI) moves beyond performing simple tasks to creating original content, it blurs the lines between humans and machines. In […]New EU copyright rules that will benefit creators, businesses and consumers start to apply
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. This Monday 7 June marks the deadline for Member States to transpose the new EU copyright rules into national law. The new Copyright Directive protects creativity in the digital age, bringing concrete benefits to citizens, the creative sectors, the press, researchers, educators and cultural heritage […]
European creativity and digital economy are drowning in a copyright swamp
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This article was written for The European Sting by one of our readers, Professor Dr. Mindaugas Kiskis at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writers’ views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. The EU copyright reform needs just one last approval by the European Parliament. It is bulldozer driven by the copyright […]Copyright: MEPs back provisional agreement
February 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The Legal Affairs Committee approved on Tuesday the reform of EU copyright rules provisionally agreed with EU Ministers. The deal reached between EU negotiators aims to ensure that the rights and obligations of copyright law will also apply to the internet. The co-legislators also […]Q and A on the draft digital copyright directive
January 14, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. This Q and A provides answers to some of the issues regularly raised regarding the European Parliament’s position during the ongoing process to hammer out the digital copyright directive. It outlines the basic position taken by the European Parliament and deals with some of […]Copyright: MEPs update rules for the digital age
June 21, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Plans to update of EU copyright rules for today’s online world and ensure fair pay for artists and journalists were backed bv the Legal Affairs Committee on Wednesday. The committee approved its position in a tight vote by 14 votes to 9, with 2 […]May a parody constitute a copyright infringement? European Court of Justice to give the answer
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By katerinakatsampani@hotmail.com The European Court of Justice has recently published the decision C- 201/2013 Johan Deckmyn ,Vrijheids fonds VZW v Vandersteen , ‘ Vandersteen and others’. In this case, the judges of Luxembourg were asked to interpret article 5 par. 3 …point (k) of the directive 2001/29 on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright […]
