In 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO AMC) was involved in the resolution of 858 intellectual property (IP) disputes, innovation and technology, an increase of 25% by 2023.
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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.
WIPO announces an open call for proposals/essays for a special issue of the WIPO Magazine. This issue will explore the diverse intellectual property (IP) issues affecting the vibrant global music industry and local scenes.
This joint study examines the economic outcomes of companies that hold Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in contrast to those that do not register such rights.
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The HCO Newsletter – January 2025
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In a recent decision, the Court of Milan has ordered Cloudflare to block pirated streaming services offering Serie A football matches. The Court found that the services offered by Cloudflare are instrumental in facilitating access to pirated content.
Youtube-dl is a software tool that allows the downloading of video and audio from YouTube. It enables video and audio to be uploaded from licensed platforms by circumventing technical protection measures. Due to the possible illegal use of youtube-dl, its creator has chosen to remain anonymous. Representatives of the BVMI (Bundesverband Musikindustrie) took the matter to the German courts, asking the hosting provider from which the youtube-dl could be downloaded to suspend the operation of its client’s server.