Amendments to ZASP and ZKUASP are published!
On May 24, 2021, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology published a proposal for an amendment of Copyright and Related Rights Act (ZASP) and a proposal for an amendment of Act on the collective management of copyright and related rights (ZKUASP). The public debate will take place until June 28, 2021.
The draft laws represent the implementation of the Copyright and Related Rights Directive in the Digital Single Market and the amendment of Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (DSM Directive) and Directive laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, and amending Council Directive 93/83/EEC (SatCab II Directive). The interested public is invited to submit comments and amendments to the draft laws to the e-mail address: gp.mgrt@gov.si by 28 June 2021 with the caption “Comments on the proposal of ZASP-I” or. “Comments on the ZKUASP proposal”.
The Grand Board of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) finally ruled that the figurative sign ‘COVIDIOT’ cannot be registered as an EU trademark.
The 4th Open Knowledge Day took place on Tuesday 17 October 2023, with an accompanying workshop on 18 October 2023. This year it was organised by the Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute (ODIPI) and supported by Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21).
We invite you to the fourth Open Knowledge Day and the workshop, which will take place this year within the framework of the programme and with the support of Knowledge Rights 21. The event will bring together experts from different European countries to discuss two topics: the first part will deal with the legal basis for data analytics, which is a key part of machine learning and related artificial intelligence, and the general exception for research. In the second part, open science in theory and practice will be presented both in Slovenia and in some Western Balkan countries. Representatives of research and educational institutions from Slovenia and the Western Balkan countries, as well as interested members of the public, are invited to attend.
Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, a renowned expert in copyright law, has joined the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where she will serve as an affiliate researcher for the next two years.