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Atilgan Karakulak
Co-Chair
Jose Alejandro
Luna Fandino
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee
Welcome to the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee webpage. The term 'intellectual property', as it is commonly referred to today, includes a diverse range of areas of law.
About the Committee
The main areas are patents, trade marks, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition. Allied to these are a number of related areas including data protection, database protection, privacy, design rights, domain names and the like.
In the entertainment law area the key focus is on the creation, provision and delivery of content in relation to print, films, broadcasts, cable programmes, musical works and sound recordings. There is also involvement with media law including defamation and privacy and authors' rights in a more general sense.
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8th Annual World Life Sciences Conference
03 Jun - 04 Jun 2022
Paris, France
3rd European Automotive and Mobility Services Conference
14 Sep - 15 Sep 2022
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
30 Oct - 04 Nov 2022
Miami Beach, USA
Publications
The Day the Music Stopped
The article highlights the devastating impact that the global Covid-19 pandemic has had on the live music industry and shows how this might be mitigated by embracing the newer forms of exploitation of copyright to bolster artists’ income streams.
Released on Aug 13, 2021
Arbitrating Intellectual Property Disputes in Nigeria: Lessons from Hong Kong and Singapore
Arbitration is now becoming globally recognised as the preferred method for resolving technology disputes. In this article, we examine the position in Nigeria, while considering the existing practices in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Released on Aug 13, 2021
Access to Vaccines is a Right, a Human Right!
The article considers accessibility to vaccines and health in general as a human right and in so doing looks at the rights enshrined in various treaties and declarations and Mexico’s Constitution in seeking to address a global rollout of vaccines.
Released on Aug 13, 2021
Everybody Needs Good Neighbours: Case 265/19 RAAP v PPI
This article provides a case summary of a recent CJEU decision on a dispute between Irish music performers, the collective management organisation and the Irish music producers’ organisation. The decision clarifies the extent of the right of performers to equitable remuneration with producers under Article 8(2) of Directive 2006/115/EC and its applicability to non-EEA performers.
Released on Aug 12, 2021
Projects and reports
Impacts of Covid-19 on intellectual property in multiple jurisdictions
The world has confronted one of the most challenging times in modern history. As a result of the emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, countries have taken drastic measures to ensure the health and safety of their citizens, and to avoid an economic crash.
The IBA Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee have compiled numerous responses from various jurisdictions on the impact of the pandemic on IP. We hope this will serve as a guide for the measures that IP Offices have taken in the different jurisdictions.
Subcommittees and other groups
The Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.
- Copyright and Entertainment Law Subcommittee
- Emerging Intellectual Property Rights Subcommittee
- Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee Advisory Board
- IP and Entertainment Law Publications Subcommittee
- IP Transactions and Technology Transfer Subcommittee
- Patent Law Subcommittee
- Trademark Law Subcommittee