Westerberg & Partners Advokatbyrå AB | Sweden | 4 Sep 2023
Under Swedish law, an invention created under employment is the employee's property but should, under certain conditions, be transferred to the employer. In exchange, the employee has a mandatory right to receive fair compensation. Unfortunately, the legislation and standards for quantifying the fair compensation are vague. In a recent case, decided by the Patent and Market Court of Appeal,......
SS Rana & Co | India | 24 Aug 2023
The plaintiff, Indian Performing Rights Society (hereinafter referred as IPRs), is a company incorporated in the year 1969 to protect and enforce the…
Chrysostomides Advocates & Legal Consultants | British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, etc. | 3 Mar 2023
On 14 February 2023, the Council of the EU decided to add British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia to the EU list of…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 9 Aug 2022
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s ruling that overriding royalty owners generally must bear…
HFW | Australia | 1 Aug 2022
In Mineralogy Pty Ltd v Adani Mining Pty Ltd, a dispute arose between Adani Mining Pty Ltd (Adani) and Mineralogy Pty Ltd (Mineralogy) in relation to…
SS Rana & Co | India | 14 Jul 2022
With concerns rising over the recent GST slab rates revision, set to come into effect from July 18, thereby yet again increasing prices on several…
Rouse | China, Hong Kong | 20 Jun 2022
License characters to a third party to create an NFT to be sold in exchange for royalty payments. NFTs are being used by innovative brands in China to…
YPOG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB Schnittker + Partner | Germany | 25 Mar 2022
Recently, the Ministry of Finance published two circular letters that contained guidance for the application of the Royalty Limitation Rule. The letters focus on guidance related to the so-called "nexus escape" and the distribution of the burden of proof between tax authorities and taxpayers. Due to the commitment by Germany and the other EU member states to abolish IP regimes that were......
Collyer Bristow LLP | United Kingdom, USA | 7 Dec 2021
Taylor Swift is re-recording her back catalogue to reclaim her copyright as her early back catalogue does not belong to her but to external investors…
Bristows | United Kingdom | 28 Oct 2021
Earlier this month, His Honour Judge Hacon (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) handed down his decision in Royalty Pharma Collection Trust v…