"This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Sixth Circuit affirms a dismissal of a declaratory judgment suit after finding no federal question of law raised by the suit's copyright allegations; the EU's highest court says that EU member states can pass rules implementing a private copying levy against manufacturers of computer hard drive storage; the governments of the United States and Taiwan announce a relaxation of some reciprocal tariffs in response for a $250 billion investment in American chip capacity;"
"On Thursday, January 15, the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling on a question referred by German national courts seeking to understand if a national rule imposing a private copying levy on manufacturers of computer devices with built-in hard drives that could be used to reproduce copyrighted work was valid under the EU's Copyright Directive."
Multiple legal and policy developments occurred across copyright, trade, and technology standards. The Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a declaratory judgment suit for lack of a federal question in copyright allegations. The CJEU held that member states may adopt private copying levy systems on manufacturers of computer devices with built-in hard drives under the EU Copyright Directive. The United States and Taiwan agreed to relax certain reciprocal tariffs tied to a $250 billion investment in American chip capacity. South Korean creators raised concerns about an opt-out framework in that nation's AI Action Plan. The Fifth Circuit addressed territoriality for a 1966 single’s global copyright grant. The USPTO announced accelerated examination certificates for standards-developing companies. Instructions were provided for submitting dog photos to the IPWatchdog Dog Wall.
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