Lucius Klobucnik

Profile

Thesis title

Innovative Models for Multi-Territorial Licensing of Musical Works for Online Use: An Answer to Rights’ Fragmentation Problem?

My research is an EIPIN-Innovation Society, EU Marie Curie funded project.

Supervisors

• Professor Uma Suthersanen
• Professor Guido Westkamp
• Professor Josef Drexl

Biography

I hold an LLM degree from Comenius University in Bratislava and University of Helsinki. My work experience prior to PhD includes being a paralegal at a law office in Bratislava and working at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Helsinki. As part of my PhD research project, I have conducted internships in German copyright collecting society for musical works (GEMA) in Munich and in Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) in Paris.

In Spring 2020 I tutored “Music Industry Contracts” course.

Publications

• Klobučník, L.: Ex Post Liability Relief as a Misguided Approach to Encouraging New Online Services in Europe?, European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR), Volume 42, Issue 7, July 2020
• Klobučník, L., Lu Y. T.: Noticeably different? Consequences of the DSM Directive Liability Regime on DSPs in the EU and the United States, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP), forthcoming October 2020
• Campello Queiroz, D., Klobučník, L.: The Role of Traditional CMOs in the Digital Era – with Daniel Campello Queiroz, Chapter 3. 3 in IAEL (International Association of Entertainment Lawyers) Book Finding the Value in the Gap, June 2018

Research