The decision to do it is already made. Now it’s turn for legal technical work. It can take couple of months and a new collecting society is ready to work – to manage rights in music and to collect royalties on behalf of its members.
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Month: July 2016
Russian famous composer and music businessman Igor Krytoy believes Russian artists should have more opportunities for their careers in Russia, therefore if rotation of foreign artists on Russian radio stations would be restricted by law it could help Russian artists to get more listeners of their music.
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The EU faces a high number of intellectual property rights infringements, and the volume and financial value of these infringements are not insubstantial, as reported by the Commission in its report on the application of the Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (COM(2010)0779). IPR infringements have an impact on SMEs and on business-to-business services, and can lead to the loss of markets and bankruptcy.
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Permitted communication The new provisions provide a framework for a “safe harbour”. This allows disputing parties to exchange information to resolve disputes where one of them would otherwise be entitled to bring a threats action. Certain conditions must be met…
Comments closedIntellectual property rights are one of the driving forces of innovation and creativity and a key contributor to competitiveness and employment; the enforcement of intellectual property rights plays a significant role in ensuring consumers’ health and safety; counterfeiting is generally linked with a black economy and organised crime, through financial contributions.
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UK intellectual property office has published short and usuful guidance on Intellectual property rights in Brazil. In Brazil, Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) can be generally classified in three main groups: Industrial Property, Copyright and Related Rights and sui generis IPRs.
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Intellectual property rights are one of the driving forces of innovation and creativity and a key contributor to competitiveness and employment; product authenticity must not be conflated with product safety and product quality issues, the enforcement of intellectual property rights could also play a role in ensuring consumers’ health and safety; counterfeiting is generally linked with a black economy.
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The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill (“the Bill”) contains provisions to reform the law of unjustified threats as it applies to patents, trade marks and designs. The law in this area provides a remedy for those who are affected by unjustified threats. Under the provisions of the Bill, threats to sue for infringement of a relevant intellectual property right are unjustified where they are made in respect of an invalid right or where there has been no infringement. The Bill seeks to clarify the law in relation to unjustified threats by giving effect to recommendations made by the Law Commission of England and Wales.
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The EU faces a high number of intellectual property rights infringements, and the volume and financial value of these infringements are alarming, as reported by the Commission in its report on the application of the Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (COM(2010)0779); these figures also illustrate the added value which IPR represent for the European economy in global competition. Law enforcement is essential, and whereas Member States must adopt measures to enforce IPR effectively.
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The annual publication of the result of customs actions at the EU external borders provides an opportunity to measure the scale of customs actions to enforce IPR. The enforcement of IPR by customs is a priority for the Commission and the Member States. For many years customs administrations in the Union have been known for their high standard of enforcement of IPR. In 2014, customs authorities made over 95.000 detentions, consisting of a total of 35,5 million articles. The domestic retail value of the detained articles represented over 600 million euros.
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