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Russia Suspending IP Rights

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photo: © Markus Winkler, unsplash

As a consequence of the economic sanctions imposed by some countries to Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, on March the 6th the Russian government issued Decree No. 299, authorising the lifting of intellectual property rights. This mechanism allows the expropriation of IP rights, similar to a compulsory licence. 

TARANTINO’s NFTs

Quentin Tarantino
photo: Victoria Borodinova, pixabay
The worldwide known film director, Quentin Tarantino, has announced his intention to release NFTs, based on his acclaimed film, Pulp Fiction (1994).  In short, NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are defined as new digital assets, powered by Blockchain technology, in which all the transactions are recorded. In other words, NFTs contain data stored in the form of artistic works, that can be traded on the blockchain. More information can be found here: https://ati.ec.europa.eu/news/non-fungible-token. While Tarantino’s fans celebrated this announcement, Miramax studios, which owns the intellectual property rights on the film, sent him a cease-and-desist letter to cancel the sale, to no avail. 

Can you protect the show of a bullfighter?

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This is the question that the Spanish Supreme Court had to answer after Miguel Angel Perera, a famous Spanish bullfighter, tried to protect his show from 2014, show that was classified as “perfect and outstanding” (go figure…). According to the Supreme Court, it is impossible to define precisely the “artistic creation”, as the bullfight is composed of unique elements that could never happen again and are, eventually, up to chance and to random and unpredictable factors.

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