Open Knowledge Day in Pravna praksa
“The main event hosted different lecturers who presented different building blocks of the open knowledge. During the day, there were many other events; the Slovenian chapter of Creative Commons was established and the exhibition Create a work that’s not yours took place in the evening.”
This is how Tilen Zonta wrote about the event in a report published in the 26th edition of Pravna praksa on 4 July 2019. The report is available (in Slovene) for the subscribers of the magazine on this link.
New Art 17 of the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market is one of the most controversial ones, because it regulates a new liability regime for online content-sharing service providers (OCSSPs – online platforms) in regards to user uploads, whereas the new right is considered a “sui generis” right in relation to the communication to the public right contained in Art 3 of the InfoSoc Directive, as was explained in its Targeted consultation by the European Commission. One of the crucial issues of Art 17 implementation is the danger of over-usage of unsophisticated content filters that unjustifiably breach users’ freedom of expression.
On 8 January 2021, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) published a Summary of Second and Third Sessions of its Conversation Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence.
Registering a trademark is often the first step when entering the market, undertaken by small and big enterprises, as well as “average joes” and superstars. Whether the trademark registration will succeed, however, is not dependent only on the characteristics of the sign or a word to be registered, but sometimes also on the applicant’s special characteristics, such as e.g. extreme fame or their anonymity.
On 20 January, Intellectual Property Institute will, in cooperation with the Today is a new day institute and Creative Commons organise the traditional event “Open Knowledge Day 2021”. The event will take place online, welcome!