Should Press Publishers be Given an Exclusive Neighbouring Right?

This blog was first published on 01 February 2017 here: http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/should-press-publishers-be-given.html This blog post was written by Tibbie McIntyre. The Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market was published on 14 September 2016, as part of a wider reform package on the Digital […]

THE COPYKAT

This blog was first published on 29 January 2017 here: http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-copykat.html CREATe Public Lecture 2017: the Case for a Related Right for Press Publishers CREATe is the Research Council UK’s Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy at the School of Law – University of Glasgow. The Centre is headed up […]

The First CopyKat of the Year, Courtesy of Tibbie

This blog was first published on 06 January 2018 here: http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-first-copykat-of-year-courtesy-of.html The first CopyKat of the year, written by Tibbie McIntyre. Enjoy! Disney’s Lightning McQueen wins in Chinese Copyright case, Cars vs. Autobots Back in July 2016, Disney took three Chinese firms (Blue MTV, media company Beijing G-Point and PPLive Inc.) to court for copyright […]

The CopyKat: A possible point for legal divergence of the UK and EU in light of Brexit? (and much more)

This blog was first published on 15 November 2016 here: http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/the-copykat-possible-point-for-legal.html This post was written by Tibbie McIntyre. Much is spoken of the music ‘value gap’. It stems from a limitation of liability for hosting providers which host third party content (in the US this is known as ‘safe harbor’). (European legislation can be viewed […]

Should a Work in the Public Domain Be Able to Become a Trademark?

This was first published on 14 November 2016 here: http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/should-work-in-public-domain-be-able-to.html Here is the latest post from our Intern Tibbie McIntyre. Gustav Vigeland was an eminent Norwegian sculptor whose most notable works include the Vigeland installation, a staggering arrangement of two hundred and twelve granite and bronze statutes covering eighty acres in Oslo’s Frogner Park, and […]

The Copykat: what Tibbie has to tell us this Monday

This blog was first published on 17 October 2016 here: http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-copykat-what-tibbie-has-to-tell-us_17.html This blog post is the first written by our new intern, Tibbie McIntyre. “And if you hurt me – Well, that’s okay baby, only words bleed” Ed Sheeran won’t be quoting his international hit ‘Photograph’ anytime soon in relation to his current lawsuit in […]