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What does Single market mean? Single market describes, in practice, a legal area where goods, services, persons and capital move without internal customs or unjustified regulatory barriers, achieved through harmonisation and mutual recognition and underpinned by competition and state aid/subsidy control. In EU law, the EU Single Market is anchored in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, secondary legislation and Court of Justice case law; it removes internal borders and restricts national rules that hinder cross-border trade, establishment or mobility. Usage is broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, but the legal position differs post‑Brexit. Great Britain is outside...

Digital Single Market Copyright Directive (EU) 2019/790: UK status, Articles 15 and 17 controversies, divergence, and text and data mining exceptions

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Practice notes

This Practice Note explores Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the EU Digital single market (EU DSM Copyright Directive). It provides a concise high level outline of the background to, and the individual detailed articles of, the EU DSM Copyright Directive, and highlights debate over the wording of particular provisions, such as Article 15 on rights in press publications and Article 17 on use of protected content by online content sharing service providers (OCSSPs). The Practice Note also considers the status of the EU DSM Copyright Directive in the UK and points of divergence between the UK and the EU on key provisions. The EU DSM Copyright Directive amended Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases (EU Database Directive) and Directive 2001/29/EC (EU InfoSoc Directive). For details on developments in copyright and databases in the UK, see Practice Note: Copyright and databases tracker—UK, and for developments in the EU, see Practice Note: Copyright and databases tracker—EU.

Background

The EU has taken active steps to evolve its copyright laws to reflect contemporary use of the internet and online content. The EU DSM Copyright Directive forms...

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Daniel Byrne

Venner Shipley

Daniel Byrne is a Partner and Barrister with extensive experience in intellectual property disputes and transactions. He has spent many years dealing with complex and technical patent matters and he has experience of multijurisdictional litigation and coordination, particularly across Europe where he spent two years practising in Paris.He has acted for clients across the full range of intellectual property rights at all levels of tribunal and has been a Deputy District Judge in the County Court since 2015. He also sits in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court to hear, primarily, trade mark and copyright claims. He sits on the consulting editorial board for LexisNexis IP and contributes to journals and academic programmes....

Lindsey Rigg

AA Thornton

Lindsey Rigg is a Paralegal with extensive experience in supporting all aspects of intellectual property litigation and transactions. She has spent many years working across a full range of intellectual property rights, including patent, trade mark, copyright and design disputes. She has experience of proceedings in the IPO, High Court, the Court of Appeal and the CJEU, together with multijurisdictional litigation and coordination.Lindsey has acted for a variety of clients, from individuals and SMEs to leading global companies. She has worked on complex and technical patent matters, involving telecommunications technology and quantum computing as well as coordinating trade mark litigation strategies against online infringement. Lindsey has worked closely with IP solicitors, barristers, and patent and trade mark attorneys to acquire a comprehensive understanding of all perspectives of intellectual property strategy and disputes....

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