Artist’s resale right

Canada, Case Law, CJEU, Communication (right of), Conference, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Fair Use, Infringement, Making available (right of), Switzerland, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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Last week we published the first part of a two-part article summarising the essence of the presentations at the annual IP conference organised by the University of Geneva on February 22, 2017 (programme available here). This is the second part of the article, discussing the remaining presentations. 4. Scope of copyright: hyperlinking and framing as…

Brexit, Case Law, Database right, European Union, Exhaustion, Legislative process, United Kingdom

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Following a referendum on 23 June 2016, 51.9% of UK voters said “yes” to Brexit. British Prime Minister Theresa May revealed earlier this month that Article 50 TEU will be triggered by March 2017, marking the beginning of the formal withdrawal process. It is hard to predict the impact of Brexit on the current copyright…

Case Law, CJEU, European Union, Remuneration (equitable), Transfer (of right)

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An auction house may transfer the responsibility of paying the artist’s ‘droit de suite’ from the seller to the buyer. This judgment, rendered by the European Court of Justice on 26 February 2015 in response to a reference from the French Supreme Court, will satisfy the auction houses and art dealers in Europe (Christie’s France…

European Union, France, Jurisdiction, Remuneration (equitable), Transfer (of right)

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Can an auction house transfer the responsibility of paying the resale right royalty from the seller to the buyer? Directive 2001/84/EC created a resale right (‘droit de suite’) in the EU for the benefit of the author of an original work of art. This resale right is ‘defined as an inalienable right, which cannot be…