In its judgement of 20.4.2023 - C-775/21 and C-826/21 - the ECJ has once again commented on the concept of communication to the public in the copyright context. According to this, the playing of background music can constitute communication to the public and infringe copyright...
For over 50 years, the Matterhorn has adorned the packaging of Toblerone - but soon the Matterhorn will have to disappear from the packaging. The reason for this is the outsourcing of parts of the production to Slovakia. As a result, the traditional Swiss chocolate no longer meets the "Swissness" criteria. The relocation of production not only affects "Swissness" legislation, but also food law declaration regulations.
Der von dem US-amerikanischen Unternehmen Open AI entwickelte und im November verangenen Jahres veröffentlichte Chatbot ChatGPT (kurz für Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) zieht gerade nicht nur in KI-Kenner-Kreisen, sondern auch in der breiten Öffentlichkeit Aufmerksamkeit auf sich...
Almost exactly one month before the next "Black Friday" sale, there is news again in the trademark dispute about the word mark "Black Friday". A quick refresher: the trademark "Black Friday" had been registered with the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) since 2013. The term itself originates from the USA and now also refers on this side of the Atlantic to the annual sales event in online/offline retail on the Friday after Thanksgiving. This day now marks the start of the Christmas shopping season.
Almost everyone knows original and almost unmistakable film titles such as "Fack Ju Göthe" (Suck Me Shakespeer), which is why such film titles with a high recognition value are also decisive for the economic success of a media company. Therefore, especially in today's age of multimedia and marketing, it is more important than ever to distinguish one's own film works from the multitude of countless film works by using attractive and unmistakable names.
When rights are infringed on the Internet, rights holders often face the problem of not being able to locate the person responsible. Instead, an obvious alternative is to take action against the operator of the platform on which the illegal content was posted in order to effectively stop the infringement.
