International copyright Part 4

Sunlec International v Electropar – Copyright in a Slogan: Literature for Marketers?
Susan Corbett
New Zealand Business Law Quarterly
Volume 15, Number 4, December 2009 p.227

Dr. V. K. Ahuja, Law of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: National and International Perspectives
T.S.N. Sastry
Indian Journal of International Law
Volume 48, Number 4, October-December 2008 p.669

Report on Copyright Criminal Law in the World
Wang Shizhou
Peking University Journal of Legal Studies
2008, Number 1 p.180-219

It is the desire of Chinese government to build up a strong legal system to protect IPR which shall achieve the world dimension and world standards. In order to realize this magnificent goal, it is necessary to understand the situation in the world. This report analyses the requirement of TRIPS, especially Article 61 thereof, and summarizes some of the states’ copyright criminal laws typical in the main legal systems. Then, the author compares the current Chinese criminal regulations with this international standard and makes his suggestion for China to improve its copyright criminal law.

Licensing Schemes in an On-Demand World
TERESE FOGED
European Intellectual Property Review
Volume 32, Issue 1, 2010 p.20

Denmark is probably the first country in the world to introduce an extended collective licensing scheme in the Copyright Act that may, among other things, apply with regard to on-demand exploitation of broadcast content. This article describes the newly extended collective licensing scheme and the way in which it has been applied in practice to provide for an agreement on interactive services regarding broadcast content. The validity of the new licensing scheme is discussed in the light of EU and International copyright law, and the conclusion is that there is no conflict with such law. The new licensing scheme, which is both in the interest of rights holders and users, provides for a practical and smooth licensing of rights for which it would otherwise be very difficult, if not impossible, to obtain clearance, and therefore similar solutions may be considered in other EU Member States.

International Copyright Law and Policy
Firth, Alison
Journal of Media Law
Volume 1, Number 2, December 2009 p.308-310

National and International Dimensions of Copyright’s Public Domain (An Australian Case Study)
Graham Greenleaf
SCRIPTed: a Journal of Law, Technology & Society
Volume 6, Issue 2, 2009 p.259-340

Many examples of innovation in relation to information goods involve works in which various parties have proprietary (copyright) interests, but also involve the public having rights to use those works in ways that involve some of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner. They involve copyright’s “public domain” in the expanded sense of all “public rights: those aspects of copyright law and practice that are important in determining the ability of the public to use works without obtaining a licence on terms set (and changeable) by the copyright owner. The Creative Commons slogan “Some Rights Reserved” sums up rather well the way in which intellectual goods combine proprietary and non-proprietary elements. However, most examples of this broader public domain do not involve the use of Creative Commons licences. The theme of this article is what these examples have in common, how Australia’s copyright law and the institutions that support innovation have paid insufficient attention to what they have in common, and how in Australia at least we need to have a law reform review that will have these common elements (the copyright “public domain” ) as its focus. Eight examples of where Australia’s copyright public domain is in need of reform are considered, as are some of the interconnections between them. Along the way, consideration is given to how the public domain in any particular country comprises both “global” and “national” elements, with examples of what makes Australia’s public domain distinctive.

The Consumers International IP Watch List 2009
Jeremy Malcolm
SCRIPTed: a Journal of Law, Technology & Society
Volume 6, Issue 2, 2009 p.484-495

The Consumers International (CI) IP Watch List is a global survey that rates national copyright laws and enforcement practices from the perspective of how well they promote access to knowledge for consumers, by allowing them fair access to the fruits of their society’s culture and science. The IP Watch List is based on research conducted by CIi members and partners worldwide, using a set of criteria developed by an external advisory group of experts. Amongst the sixteen countries studied, those whose IP policies and practices are most harmful to consumers are identified. A range of best practices of fairness and balance in copyright law are also highlighted.

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