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- 2020/07/28
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「The Supreme Court Decision in the Retweet Case: Summary and Points to Consider」
Okamoto Kentaro（Kotto Dori Law Office for the Arts）
On July 21 of this year, there was a Supreme Court decision in the Retweet case. It was a decision that recognized the infringement of rights in a familiar act such as "retweeting on Twitter", and it has become a hot topic among Twitter users. The decision of the Supreme Court includes supplementary opinions and dissenting opinions by the judges in charge.
Previous column has reviewed the case from the position of "links" in copyright law. The following is a brief summary of the Supreme Court's decision and key points, as well as an update.
Full Text (Japanese) - 2020/07/27
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「Event Organizer's Risks and Event Cancellation Insurance (Part 2)」
Kobayashi Toshiaki（Kotto Dori Law Office for the Arts）
This month’s column is Part 2 of the Event Organizer's Risks and Event Cancellation Insurance.
This column covers ordinary insurance premium rates, cases where you cannot claim for insurance payment, and whether you should purchase an insurance.
- 2020/06/29
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「Event Organizers’ Risks and Event Cancellation Insurance (Part 1)」
Kobayashi Toshiaki（Kotto Dori Law Office for the Arts）
In relation to the "self-restraint request" due the Civid-19, some media reported about the possibility of insurance claims based on event cancellation insurance. Suppose you are an event organizer, what kind of insurance you should have to cover the loss due to Covid-19?
Will your insurance cover the damage caused by potential earthquakes or the spread of unknown viruses? If not, do you really need to purchase an insurance?
In this month's column, let’s see the gist of typical event cancellation insurance, whose existence is well known but whose specific terms of policy are not much known. Here’s the first part.Full Text (Japanese) - 2020/05/08
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「The design industry was buzzing!? The first major revision of the Design Act in 130 years」
Okamoto Kentaro（Kotto Dori Law Office for the Arts）
In the midst of concerns about COVID-19 infection and its effects, the revised Design Act of Japan came into effect (quietly) on April 1, 2020. The revision is to strengthen the protection of designs, and it was the first major revision of the Design Act of Japan in 130 years. After this revision, for example, designs of buildings and interiors may be registered as the design patents.
This column provides an overview of the revision of the Design Act of Japan. Would you consider protection of designs, with the views of “with Corona” and “post Corona”?Full Text (Japanese) - 2020/04/30
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「Is it a trump card in the case of unknown rights holders? ~Orphan works, use them while infringing? Don't use them? Or.... ～」
Suzuki Rika（Kotto Dori Law Office for the Arts）
Various live events have been cancelled or postponed one after another in order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19, and the situation continues to be difficult with no prospect of resumption. Not only live events, but even new video production is not possible now. In addition to live events, now that we cannot even produce new videos, there is a need to distribute videos of past stage productions, re-edit and re-broadcast once popular programs, etc. In addition to live events, it is difficult to produce new videos, and new uses of old works are attracting attention.
We will discuss the arbitration system, which is expected to be a trump card against the wall of rights processing that stands in the way of new uses. I would like to introduce the expected arbitration system.Full Text (Japanese)
