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The Banksy stunt: The copyright holder’s right to shred the artwork

By AWA | Posted on October 25, 2018

I don’t think anyone has missed the extraordinary event at the Sotheby’s auction in London a couple of weeks ago, where the frame of the picture Girl with Balloon by the anonymous street artist known as Banksy contained a shredder, and the picture began shredding itself just after being sold for $1.4 million. This event...

Tags: art, Banksy, copyright, copyright law, Girl with balloon, london, Sotheby, United Kingdom

Creating an effective FinTech IP strategy

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on October 10, 2018

AWA Asia’s IP strategy and patent team in Beijing looks at the China FinTech market, discusses available IP protection mechanisms and considers how revised guidelines could provide opportunities to protect technology in this rapidly developing sector What is FinTech? The term financial technology or FinTech refers to businesses that utilise technology to create financial services...

Tags: Asia, awa asia, Branding, china, copyright, design patents, fintech, Intellectual Property, managing ip

Adoption of the copyright directive in the digital single market – Should we be scared or delighted?

By Mette Parlev | Posted on September 25, 2018

On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament voted on the much debated copyright directive – and this time around it was adopted. With the massive amount of criticism, one question comes to mind; what is the fuss all about? According to the European Parliament’s own press release following the adoption of the directive, the most...

Tags: copyright, EU, Internet, platforms, Reform, right holders

StoryTourist: Where stories come to life

By AWA | Posted on March 28, 2018

Have you dreamed of stepping into the set of your favourite book and experiencing its fictional world through the eyes of the characters? With Malmö start-up Velodrom’s new app StoryTourist, that might actually come true Stepping into a new world Deriving from creative backgrounds in theatre and script writing, Johanna Forsman and Andreas Jansson founded...

Tags: app, books, copyright, literature, pokemon, reading, stories, story

Copyright in relation to e-books

By AWA | Posted on September 26, 2014

The copyright protection of authors is being increasingly challenged by the continuing digitalization of the book market. The emergence of the e-book has caused a very IP-relevant question: Is the consumer allowed to re-sell the e-book he purchased? When it comes to physical works such as hard copy books, European copyright legislation clearly states that...

Tags: copyright, e-books

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Troels Peter Rørdam

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