Media, Sport and Entertainment

Sep 22, 2023

AI. Who owns what.

By Alex Lowe

A strange thing happened to me recently: a whole table of my friends wanted me to talk about case law and legislation. Maybe it was the...

Jun 16, 2023

By Alexis Fierens Emma Stockman Anna Cooreman

Copyrights are very prone to large-scale infringements in the digital world. The European Commission addressed rightsholders’ concerns in...

Apr 24, 2023

By Claire Sng Gurpreet Duhra Shefali Pandhi

Hybrid and fully remote work arrangements have blurred lines and shifted norms around how and where work is performed. These changes...

Mar 23, 2023

By Eloise Toner Coran Darling David Alexandre +1 more...

In recent weeks, generative AI platforms, such as Chat GPT-4, DALL.E 2, and Stable Diffusion, have made headlines for a number of...

Jan 23, 2023

By Alex Lowe Ally Clark Sam Churney

Here's wishing you a belated Happy New Year from three of DLA Piper’s copyright enthusiasts. As many readers of this blog will know, 1...

Apr 14, 2022

By Duncan Calow Emily Judge Shefali Pandhi

Last Wednesday, Ed Sheeran successfully challenged the copyright infringement case brought against him by the grime artist Sami Chokri...

Nov 04, 2021

By Anthony Lloyd Jessie Buchan Edmond Lau

What is the metaverse and why is it important?The metaverse: the next generation successor to the mobile internet. Made up of shared,...

Oct 21, 2021

By Gabriele Engels

Hot on the heels of such passionately debated legislation as the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the General Data...

Jun 04, 2021

By Gabriele Engels

On 28 May 2021, the German Copyright Reform Law (“Law on the Adaptation of Copyright Law to the Requirements of the Digital Single...

Oct 16, 2020

By Samantha Bradley

The Cancellation Division of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has declared invalid an EU trade mark registration...

Jul 01, 2020

By Duncan Calow

The thorny topic of character rights has emerged again with reports of the Conan Doyle rights owners taking infringement action against...

Apr 17, 2019

By Mark Kinsella

After two years of intense debate and negotiations, the Council of the European Union finally approved the new Copyright Directive on 15...