Netherlands: Copyright and card games

09-08-2016

Michiel Rijsdijk

The threshold for obtaining copyright protection in the Netherlands is low and entitlement arises when the object is a “work protected by copyright”. In case law this criterion has been given more substance. Copyright protection is granted for works that have an original and individual character and the ‘personal stamp’ of the maker.


Michiel Rijsdijk, Arnold + Siedsma, copyright, copyright protection,

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