COMMUNIA Salon on the highly anticipated CJEU decision in case C-401/19
On April 26th, the Court of Justice of the EU will hand down its decision on the annulment of Article 17 of the DSM Directive in Case C-401/19, Poland v Council and the Parliament. Communia is hosting a virtual salon to discuss the implications of this highly anticipated judgement and what it means for the national implementations of Article 17. The registration is free and open!
We will be joined by Marco Giorello — Head of the European Commission’s Copyright Unit at DG CONNECT, João Pedro Quintais — Assistant Professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, Eliška Pírková — Global Freedom of Expression Lead at Access Now — and Felix Reda — former MEP and project lead Control © at the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte. The Salon will be moderated by Paul Keller and there will be lots of room for audience participation.
Participants need to register for the event, which will take place via Zoom, 28. April from 15:00 to 16:30 CET.
Other events, marking the important judgement in the case, include an in-person event by the IFIM Institute, which will be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, 2 June 2022 on the topic of: ‘The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze’. The keynote address will be delivered by AG Saugmandsgaard Øe, who delivered the opinion in case C-401/19.
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.