Declaration on the 'Three-Step Test': Where do we go from here?

• Author: Reto M. Hilty
• Position: Prof., Dr. iur.; Director, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich; Professor at the Universities of Zurich and Munich.
• Pages: 83-86

Declaration on the “Three-Step Test”

2010

83

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Abstract: The “Declaration on a balanced in-

terpretation of the ‘Three-Step Test’” as such cannot

solve the problem of lacking limitations; however, it

emphasizes that the existing international legislation

does not prohibit further amendments to copyright

law.

Nations that dispose of the political will are in a po-

sition to introduce new limitations. In addition, fur-

ther international agreements focusing on new lim-

itations may be negotiated among those countries

that are ready to do so.

Declaration on the “Three-Step Test”

Where do we go from here?

by Reto M. Hilty, Munich

Prof., Dr. iur.; Director, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich; Professor

at the Universities of Zurich and Munich.

© 2010 Reto M. Hilty

Everbody may disseminate this article by electronic means and make it available for download under the terms and

conditions of the Digit al Peer Publishing Licence (DPPL). A copy of the license tex t may be obtained at http://nbn-resolving.

de/urn:nbn:de:00 09-dppl-v3-en8 .

Recommended citation: Reto M. Hilty, Declaration on th e “Three-Step Test”: Where do we go fr om here?, 1 (2010) JIPITEC 83,

para. 1.

Keywords: Copyright, Exceptions, Limitations, Three-Step-Test, Max-Planck Declaration, Wittem Project

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