This year’s 17th Session of WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE), held in Geneva from 4 to 6 February, included a variety of topics on awareness raising on IP and online piracy and enforcement.
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On January 29, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released the second part of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), after taking into account more than 10,000 responsive comments in the relevant consultation as well as current technological developments.
Independent experts present the second draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, based on the feedback received on the first draft, published on 14 November 2024.
On 7 March 2025, the Hellenic Copyright Organization will celebrate its 30th anniversary by organizing an international conference under the title “Copyright in the Spotlight”. The conference will take place at Acropolis Museum, Dimitrios Pandermalis Auditorium, in Athens, 09:30-18:00.
The Council of the European Union, under the Hungarian Presidency, distributed a policy questionnaire to EU Member States in order to gather views and comments on the relationship between generative artificial intelligence and copyright and related rights. The revised summary highlights the need for clarity in copyright law regarding content generated by artificial intelligence, as well as the potential for new legislative measures.
On Wednesday 29 January 2025 the Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO) held a seminar for the teachers of the 2nd Primary School of Argos.
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Ministry of Culture – Public Consultation
It was put out to Public Consultation on 17.1.2025 and will remain until 2.2.2025, 23. 00 the bill of the Ministry of Culture entitled “Reorganization of the legal entity under public law with the name “National Gallery-Museum Alexandros Soutsos” and the legal entity under private law with the name “Metropolitan Organization of Thessaloniki Fine Arts Museums”,
The WIPO Good Practice Toolkit for Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) brings together examples of legislation, regulation and codes of conduct in the area of collective management from around the world and transforms them into voluntary good practice tools.
In 2025, several creative works will become part of the public domain of the European Union, marking the transition of masterpieces by famous artists to the common cultural heritage. Among examples are:
The WIPO Global Awards recognize outstanding startups, SMEs and university spinouts using intellectual property (IP) to drive economic growth and social impact.