{"title":"Liability for a Trade Mark Infringement Resulting from a Commissioned Advertisement","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":" 34","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138612182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessments of Shape Marks’ Distinctiveness and Passing-off","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":" 37","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138616722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Musical Work in Copyright Law","authors":"Andreas Rahmatian","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad105","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Music is a special art form and a special object for copyright protection. In contrast to other, more static, forms of art, such as most of the visual arts, music is fashioned time and therefore constitutes change and movement; it also exists only in its performance. This article shows how copyright constructs a normative device, the ‘musical work’, to be able to protect this fleeting and transient art form. The article also discusses how music is analysed to ascertain which of its elements obtain copyright protection against infringement, and whether a ‘hearing test’ is an adequate method for establishing infringement.","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135666755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some Certainties and Some Uncertainties in European Union Trade Mark Law","authors":"Rafael García-Pérez","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad087","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Thirty-five years have passed since the entry into force of the First Trade Mark Directive (First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks). The purpose of this article is to reflect on the journey thus far and the road ahead. This article does this in two ways. The first part of the article identifies some aspects of European Union trade mark law that can be regarded as uncontroversial. The second part explores a number of issues of a more speculative nature as well as some trends that may shape the evolution of European Union trade mark law in the years to come.","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":"391 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135824424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s <i>Fire Ring</i> Decision and the Evaluation of Works of Applied Art Under Copyright Law – A Burning Topic","authors":"Gregor Rauch","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad101","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In its most recent Fire Ring decision, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court had to rule on the copyright protection of works of applied art for the first time in several years. Works of applied art are included in the Swiss Copyright Act in Art. 2(2)(f) as a separate category of protected works, distinguished from other categories of works because they serve a utilitarian purpose and combine practical applicability with an additional aesthetic appeal. In light of the most recent CJEU decisions regarding copyright protection of works of applied art and industrial design, specifically its decisions in Brompton (GRUR International 2020, 969) and Cofemel (GRUR International 2020, 322) the Swiss Federal Supreme Court had the opportunity – not being directly bound by Union law – to position itself with regard to EU judicial practice and at the same time update its own sparse and partly outdated case law. However, it clearly failed to do so, not only from a legal-theoretical perspective but also from a case-specific perspective, and this raises some additional questions that deserve to be addressed.","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136058652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Copyright Infringement in Works of Applied Art","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad104","url":null,"abstract":"Fire Rings","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136063675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Copyrightability of Works of Applied Art in China ‒ Case Note of Guiding Case No. 157 by the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China","authors":"Rudolf A Rentsch, Raphael Zingg","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad102","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract With comparatively new copyright laws, China’s courts are still crystalizing the standards of copyrightability. In recent years, case law has particularly clarified that works of applied art qualify for copyright protection, but the enforcement of such claims was long deemed risky in practice due to the uncertainty regarding the interpretation of the protection requirements. Guiding Case No. 157 of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China demonstrates a newfound consistency in the application of copyright protection standards to works of applied art. Doctrinally, the case law analysis highlights that Chinese courts have merged two distinct copyrightability requirements, originality and aesthetics, settling for that which we call a threshold of ‘original aesthetics’. Practitioners litigating international portfolios should be aware of the potential to successfully enforce copyright claims over works of applied art in China. The doctrinal delineation between originality and aesthetics is of importance not only within the scope of academic research, but also serves trial attorneys when pleading copyright infringement cases.","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136294376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redefining Patent Translation: The Influence of ChatGPT and the Urgency to Align Patent Language Regimes in Europe with Progress in Translation Technology","authors":"Aline Larroyed","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad099","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article investigates the impact of ChatGPT on the current language regimes in Europe for patent translation. With the growing number of patent applications being filed annually, there is a high demand for cost-effective and high-quality patent translation services. Despite advancements in translation technology, including ChatGPT, there remains a scarcity of research on the use of these technologies in patent translation, particularly with regard to the legal validity of machine-generated translations. The article takes an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating a review of regulatory documents, a preliminary evaluation of ChatGPT’s performance using the LISA QA matrix and a review of relevant doctrinal literature. The regulatory examination in this study centers on the provisions of the European Patent Convention and related legal documents that specify the language criteria for acquiring a patent within Europe. The preliminary evaluation uses a sample of 20 patents translated from English into Portuguese to assess accuracy, fluency and acceptability. The examination of available legal literature strives to attain a thorough comprehension of how laws and principles of the legal system are being put into practice in association with the progression of translation technologies. This article endeavors to examine the potential effects of utilizing ChatGPT in patent translation on existing language regulations in Europe and if new regulations will be necessary. It highlights the need for further research in this field to better understand the advantages and implications of using advanced language models in patent translation.","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135548747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming Barriers to Text and Data Mining in the Era of ChatGPT: the Proposed Data Act as a Game-Changer","authors":"Maryna Manteghi","doi":"10.1093/grurint/ikad098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad098","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Article 35 of the proposed Data Act intends to free databases comprised of machine-generated data from the constraints of sui generis database protection. The provision may provide some remedy for researchers facing challenges under the text and data mining (TDM) exceptions of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. However, the wording of Art. 35 may also raise questions and create legal uncertainties for scholars, as scientific research is not the main aim of the proposed legislation. This article argues that, even after the proposed Art. 35 of the Data Act, some databases comprised of machine-generated data may still fall within the scope of the sui generis database protection under certain circumstances. The discussion revolves, inter alia, around the concept of recorded data in the context of the ‘obtaining-creating dichotomy’, the use of mixed databases and the notion of derived or inferred data, and the issue of researchers’ access to machine-generated data. The findings of this article are intended to offer guidance to researchers using Artificial Intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, to mine databases on how they may effectively avoid a potential infringement of the sui generis database right. The paper hopes to encourage new changes in the EU regulation on TDM that could create a more balanced and research-friendly framework.","PeriodicalId":487734,"journal":{"name":"GRUR international","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135132990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}