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Copyright Levies
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Future of Design Law in UK
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The Federation's achievements
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on R&D Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade marks
Hargreaves Review – Call for Evidence in the Designs Sector
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Most Recent Publications
Governance Committee Terms of Reference
European Qualifying Examination (EQE)
Developments in the Patentability of Computer Software and Business Method Inventions
Trends and Events 2010
The Federation's achievements
The Federation on the Web
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on Research and Development Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade Marks
Future of Design Law in UK
Review of EU Customs Anti-Counterfeiting Regulation
EU Patent Reform
European Patent Office Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme
Patent Quality
New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Privilege
The UK Intellectual Property Office
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
IP Federation biographies
IP Federation annual report and accounts 31 December 2010
Trends and Events 2011
The Federation's achievements
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on R&D Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade marks
Hargreaves Review – Call for Evidence in the Designs Sector
Unintentional Infringement of UK and Community Rights
Commission Consultation on the Enforcement Directive
The European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
EU Patent Reform
Innovative tools and processes at the European Patent Office
Practical issues – selecting an expert and getting the best out of them
Preliminary injunctions alive and well – a view from Europe
The Hargreaves Review
The UK Intellectual Property Office and Ipsum
The America Invents Act
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Copyright Levies
Document No: PUB 4/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
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Copyright Levies
Document No: PUB 4/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
EU
On 7 January 2010 talks aimed at modernizing the system of private copy levies in Europe broke down when industry called time. The discussions, dating back to July 2008, had been held in the context of a ‘Stakeholder Platform’ facilitated by the European Commission involving Collecting Societies and industry representatives, with BEUC (the European consumer organization) having observer status. After 18 months, as far as industry was concerned, the talks had failed to deliver any concrete results and there was no prospect even of agreeing a way forward.
UK
The IPO and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are jointly funding a 12-month academic research project to examine the impact of copyright levy systems.
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