DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET DIRECTIVE- COPYRIGHT REVOLUTION ONLINE?
Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive), symbolising the “copyright revolution” at the European Union level, was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on 17 April 2019. It shall be...
GRAFITTI: AN ART OR VANDALISM, VIEW OF IP
Have you ever walked on Boulvard Olimpico and been astonished by the work of Eduardo Kobra, or feel the irrepressible creative spirit on streets of Bristol, marked by Banksy or maybe you took a photograph of graffiti made my David Choe, to capture the illuminating...
BREXIT IN VPLIV NA PRAVICE INTELEKTUALNE LASTNINE
Kakšen vpliv ima BREXIT na pravice intelektualne lastnine[1] -Na obstoječe ga niti nima, na prehodne in nove pa je treba že biti pozoren. Znamke Brexit učinkuje predvsem na znamke, ki so jih njihovi imetniki zaščitili neposredno pri organizaciji EUIPO (evropski...
PUBLIC IMAGE RIGHTS-CASE OF ZLATAN
After this year’s release of the video game FIFA 2021, Ibrahimovic took his anger to social, writing: 'Who gave FIFA EA Sport permission to use my name and face? @FIFPro? I'm not aware to be a member of FIFPro and if I am I was put there without any real...
THINKING ABOUT FORMING A JOINT VENTURE? QUICK GUIDELINE
Do you have a business idea and want to work with another company to merge technology, to improve research and development, promotion and sales? Then it is worth considering setting up a joint venture. The Joint Venture shall establish two or more business entities...
BUSINESS VALUE OF DESIGN, V.2
We are probably all too familiar with the consequences of unsuitably and impractically designed or implemented products and services. USB ports, in which the sticks are rarely put in the first attempt. Or airports where countless passengers don't catch flights...
SHOULD YOU OR SHOULD YOU NOT TAKE LEGAL ACTION? AND HOW?
Consumers sometimes get creative with brand-related IP (i.e., trademarks and copyrights associated with a firm’s branding marks, identity, products, or positioning) to solve problems or needs, or for the sake of creative exploration[1].But what you probably did not...
FROM TRADITIONAL PATENT PROTECTION TO OPEN SOURCE:TESLA’S SHIFT IN PHILOSOPHY
Innovative companies are (internally) able to generate competitive advantages that leads to a temporary monopoly with monopoly profits. Open source is one of many feasible models that enable companies to harness their technology in the spirit of open innovation....
