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The Commission adopted a recommendation to combat counterfeiting both offline and online, and enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). The Recommendation, also known as the EU toolbox against counterfeiting, aims to foster collaboration between rights holders, service providers, and law enforcement, while encouraging best practices and the use of modern tools and technologies.

The Ministry of Culture launched a public online consultation on the draft law entitled: “Creative Greece: strengthening the cinematographic, audiovisual and creative sector, establishment of a body for the book sector and other provisions of contemporary culture”.

The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a new analysis of algorithms and their regulation through EU law.

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The HCO will participate with a speech at the conference organized by the European Young Lawyers Association – Athens Section (ELSA Athens) on “Law & Fashion”, which will take place on Saturday 9 March 2024 at the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Ms. Maria G. Sinanidou, Attorney at Law, Scientific Associate of HCO, will give a speech on “Fashion and Copyright: Issues of Originality, Appropriation and Protection”.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, offices and intellectual property organizations around the world, including the Hellenic Copyright Organization, are joining together to defend diversity across the intellectual property (IP) landscape.

The collective work “Copyright Law – Interpretation of the regulations 4961/2022 and 4996/2022” has been published, edited by K. Christodoulou, Professor of Law at the School of Law of the University of Athens, P. Tsiris, President of the HCO, Professor of Law at the Panteion University and M.- D. Papadopoulou,  Director of the HCO, PhD, Lawyer.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in joined Cases C 775/21 and C 826/21 as follows: