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LAION vs Kneschke: German Courts Find that Public Datasets are Covered by the TDM Exception

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EU Court of Justice to Rule on Non-waivable Remuneration Rights

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Global benefits flow when innovation shared: UN Pact for the Future

QUT News 26th September 2024 Australia could boost funding to transfer sustainable technology to developing countries and make technology and data open and accessible to help implement the UN Pact for the Future, QUT Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Professor Matthew Rimmer said. Australia’s support for the new UN Pact for the Future and its […]

Academic Publishers Face Lawsuit Over Anti-Competitive Practices

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Disclaiming Designs: A Comment on the “Dotted Lines” Issue in the WIPO Design Law Treaty by Professor Sarah Burstein

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”-72px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”-9px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”] In this blog post, leading Design Law Professor Sarah Burstein argues that the negotiating draft of the WIPO Design Law Treaty contains a little noticed provision, buried in its “regulations,” […]