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The upcoming Mio/konektra judgment: What the CJEU should decide regarding the copyright infringement test

CJEU rules that EU Member States cannot set their own reciprocity clauses under the Berne Convention

When is a derivative work original and thus protectable by copyright? Classicist’s critical edition makes its way to Luxembourg in fresh Romanian CJEU referral

“Vaccinated, chipped, dewormed” insufficiently original to be protected by copyright

Germany’s Federal Court of Justice applies CJEU Cofemel guidance, considering it ‘clear’ that works of applied art are to be treated like other works and no new CJEU referral is needed

UK court discusses copyright protection of fictional characters and defences for parody and pastiche

[Guest post] Second time is a charm: Danish design company wins plant box war

Jeff Koons loses (again) in France: his Fait d'Hiver found to infringe copyright in Franck Davidovici's own Fait d'Hiver