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Today, July 12, 2024, the Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AI ACT) was published in the EU Official Journal.

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its Youth Empowerment Strategy (IP-YES!), which provides a structured plan of targeted and effective initiatives to respond to the aspirations and needs of youth on key issues such as enrichment of their knowledge in intellectual property matters, the development of skills and the strengthening of actions for their active participation in intellectual property matters.

The ACAPT (anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy technology guide) enables the protection of trademarks and copyrighted content using cutting-edge anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy technology.

In Case C-135/23, reference for a preliminary ruling from the Potsdam Magistrates’ Court (Germany), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) heard an application brought in the context of a dispute between Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte eV (GEMA), a collective management organization for  copyrights, and GL, which operates a block of flats, concerning alleged infringements of copyright  by GL because it has, in the apartments it manages, television sets with an indoor antenna enabling signals to be picked up and broadcasts to be made, in particular of music.

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The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) is a non – profit non – governmental organisation which represents, in over a hundred countries, collecting societies managi ng copyright relating to, inter alia, musical works.

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On 10 December 2012, the Council adopted a Resolution endorsing the EU Customs Action Plan to combat intellectual property rights infringements for the period 2013-2017. The Action Plan aims to increase customs cooperation at the EU’s external borders to combat infringements, and lays down as strategic objectives the effective implementation and monitoring of EU legislation on customs enforcement of IPR; tackling trade of IPR infringing goods throughout the entire supply chain; tackling major IPR infringement trends; and strengthening cooperation with the European Observatory on infringements of IPR and law enforcement authorities.

UNESCO, the Hellenic Ministry for Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports and the Hellenic Copyright Organization are organizing an International Conference on “National Policies of Partnership on Copyright Enforcement on the Internet from Rightholders and Internet Service Providers”. The Conference will take place on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th September 2012 at the New Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece).