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The specific objectives of the study are: – to map the legal framework applicable to the origin and ownership of sports organizers’ rights in the 28 Member States; – to analyze the nature and scope of sports organizers’ rights with regard to licensing practices in the field of the media, taking into account relevant EU […]

Contrary to the claims of the industry that their incomes were in decline because the copyright infringements on the web are becoming more and more frequent, the authors of the study discovered that the incomes of publishers, game developers and the movie industry are increasing. What is more, copyright infringements even have a positive effect […]

The contracting parties are required to adopt national law provisions that permit the reproduction, distribution and making available of published works in accessible formats with the purpose to make those works accessible to the blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. These exceptions must provide that the works are accessible in alternative forms such as […]

EU patent package is composed of three legislations: the regulation that introduces the system of a unitary patent, the rules regarding the translation of European patents and the international agreement creating a unified patent court. The idea of a unitary European patent was already being aired in 1957, while the latest attempt for its realization […]

Orphan works are copyright works that are still protected under copyright, however, their authors cannot be identified. The directive requires the Member States to permit libraries, educational institutions, museums, archives, film and phonogram achieves as well as public-service broadcasting organizations to make those works available to the public and reproduce them with the purpose of […]