By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, ICTrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, Octrooirecht, Softwarerecht | 9 January 2017
In technical terms, a computer program is a collection of instructions that can be executed by a computer. Computer programs are written in a specific […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 9 June 2016
Copyright rules are laid down in the Copyright Act. Copyright was created to provide the creator of a work with legal protection for the integrity […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 21 December 2016
Copyright is the English name for the Dutch auteursrecht. Moreover, copyright © is also often used to indicate the reservation of copyrights on, for example, […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 9 January 2017
The Copyright Act (Aw) is the law that regulates copyright in the Netherlands. In addition to copyright, the Copyright Act also regulates neighbouring rights, portrait […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Contractenrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, Verbintenissenrecht | 6 December 2016
The Copyright Contract Law Act entered into force on 1 July 2015. Copyright contract law is elaborated in Chapter IA of the Copyright Act and […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 13 January 2017
The copyright notice (©) accompanying a work (for example at the bottom of a website) is often regarded as a requirement for having copyrights to […]
By Wouter Dammers | Aansprakelijkheidsrecht, Auteursrecht, inbreuk, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, schade, Verbintenissenrecht | 9 January 2017
In the event of copyright infringement, the infringer can be held liable to pay damages. The rules to claim liability of the infringer, and the […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Databankenrecht, ICTrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, Privacy | 22 March 2017
The literal translation from Latin of the word data is “that is given”. In ICT, data means “computer data”. Data and Ownership By law, it […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Databankenrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 21 December 2016
A database is protected under copyright if creative choices have been made with regard to the database. Some databases are not creative and are therefore […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, inbreuk, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 12 January 2017
Duplicating a work means taking over or copying work. Editing a work that does not create a new original work can also be seen as […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Databankenrecht, Domeinnaamrecht, Handelsnaamrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, Merkenrecht, Octrooirecht | 16 December 2016
Intellectual property is a collective name for various rights to things that people invent or create. Intellectual property can rest on anything. Examples include texts, […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, inbreuk, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 13 January 2017
When the copyright protection of a certain work has expired, this work will become public domain. If a work has entered the public domain, it […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Databankenrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 9 June 2016
It is possible to extract the information on someone else’s website and process it on your own website. This is called scraping or web scraping. […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, ICTrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, Octrooirecht, Softwarerecht | 5 January 2017
The most common way to protect software is through copyright. In addition, in some cases, a patent can be granted on software. Copyright Software is […]
By Wouter Dammers | Algemeen, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, Vermogensrecht | 23 December 2016
Transmission is the term used when a right is transferred. Property rights, limited rights and rights of action are transferable unless the law or the […]
By Wouter Dammers | Auteursrecht, Intellectuele eigendomsrechten | 16 March 2017
In beginsel komen de auteursrechten op een werk toe aan de maker. Er zijn echter enkele uitzonderingen. Artikel 7 van de Auteurswet bepaalt bijvoorbeeld dat de werkgever als maker […]