CJEU, Design Rights, European Union, Originality

(University of Cambridge), (The University of Nottingham), (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna), (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main), (KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law), and (University of Cyprus)/ /Leave a comment

Yesterday, the European Copyright Society (ECS) published its Opinion on the CJEU MIO/konektra cases C- 580/23 and C-795/23 (originality and infringement test of works of applied art).  The Executive Summary is reproduced below and the full Opinion is available here: ecs-opinion-mio-konektra.pdf   Executive summary Background. In Cofemel, the CJEU recognized that (i) the standard test…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), European Union

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The EU laws on digital services (Digital Services Act – DSA) and artificial intelligence (AI Act, cited here according to EP document P9_TA(2024)0138 of 13 March 2024) are intended to ensure safety and trustworthiness on the Internet and in dealing with AI. These overall aims also include the protection of copyright and related rights. The…

CDSM Directive, Digital Single Market, European Union, Jurisdiction, Liability

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On 15 December 2020, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a Regulation on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act, DSA) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC. In November 2021, the Council of the European Union reached agreement on an amended version of this proposal, and on 20 December 2021, the European Parliament’s Committee…