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Community Design Directive 6/2002

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (OJ EC No L 3 of 5.1.2002, p. 1) amended by Council Regulation

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WIPO Standing Committee on Trademarks

During recent years, the Internet has gained increasing importance for the global movement of goods and services of all kinds.

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Ucita

Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act; “Computer information transaction” means an agreement or the performance of it to create, modify, transfer, or license computer information or informational rights in computer information.”

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LaMer

The High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division, referred to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC

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Ansul BV v Ajax Brandbeveiliging BV

Summary of the Judgment Approximation of laws – Trade marks – Directive 89/104 – Grounds of revocation of a trade mark – No genuine use of the mark – Concept – Application by the national court to the specific case

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Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communications Services, Inc.

Internet Service Providers: The Knowledge Standard for Contributory Copyright Infringement and The Fair Use Defense

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FASHION DESIGNS

US copyright law protects certain original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression Section 102 of the Copyright Act lists those works as including: pictoral, graphic and sculptural works. This category is referred to as visual art and covers protectable fashion designs. There is a substantive difference between fashion designs, apparel and [...]

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PERR TO PEER

Under construction.

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ART

Under construction.

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MUSIC MASH UPS; SAMPLING

The current state of the law in the US is that the sampling of any sound taken from a sound recording protected under copyright law is illegal. Even if the sample consists of as little as three notes.

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