NORWAY Law and Practice Contributed by: Camilla Vislie, Magnus Hauge Greaker, Julie Rasmussen Solli and Amalie Hauge Pedersen, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
3.10 Related Rights Intellectual property rights are not mutually exclusive, and a copyright may be protected by several types of intellectual property rights. A copyright-protected work may also qualify for protection as a trade mark, provided it satisfies the legal criteria outlined in the Trade Mark Act. 4. Trade Mark Registrations and Applications 4.1 Trade Mark Registration A trade mark holder can achieve trade mark pro - tection in two ways: • through registration in the Trade Mark Regis - ter or by international registration with effect in Norway; or • by use of the trade mark (a trade mark right is considered established by use when the trade mark is well known in the circle of trade in Norway for the relevant goods and services as someone’s sign). The Norwegian system provides equal protec - tion for registered trade marks and trade marks that obtain protection through use. However, as long-term extensive and intensive use is required to achieve protection through use, registration is often the more practical alternative. In addition, trade mark protection established by use may be limited to a part of the country, while registration provides nationwide protection. 4.2 Trade Mark Register The Trade Mark Register is administered by the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO). NIPO provides a database that is publicly avail - able online and that contains all marks applied for, registered or cancelled.
• the year of death of the longest-living among the main director, author of the film script, dialogue writer, and composer of music cre - ated for the purpose of film production for cinematographic works; or • the year of death of the longest-living among the lyricist and composer for musical works where both the lyrics and music are created for the work. The author can terminate their copyright protec - tion for all kinds of works, but the moral rights cannot be abandoned. 3.6 Collective Rights Management Systems Collective rights management in Norway is gov - erned by a separate act known as the Norwegian Collective Management Act (Act No 49 of 28 May 2021), which implements the provisions of EU Directive 2014/26 into Norwegian law. There are several different collective rights management organisations in Norway that collect royalties on behalf of their members; eg, TONO, BONO and GRAMO. 3.7 Copyright Registration Copyright protection in Norway is not subject to registration. Therefore, no copyright register exists in Norway. Use of symbols such as © to denote that a copy - right is protected is not required. 3.8 Copyright Application Requirements
See 3.7 Copyright Registration . 3.9 Refusal of Registration See 3.7 Copyright Registration .
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