Creative and innovation
About the event
In Bulgaria, practice shows that the rights of actors are not properly valued. The purchase of rights in advance together with remuneration for work performed does not allow for additional economic realisation for performing artists from future uses of the works with their participation. But this situation is far from immutable!
Together with our partners the Institute of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer “Prof. Dr. Borislav Borisov” (IISTT) of the UNWE and the collective rights management organization “ArtistAuthor” we organize a forum “Performing Artists’ Rights”. It will take place on 27 February at 09:30 in the Large Conference Hall of the UNWE.
To participate, you need to register by filling in the online form from this link or the button below.
With our partners, we recognize that there is a need for regular awareness campaigns that present well-structured information on performing artists’ rights in today’s business environment. The forum will address issues essential to enhancing the competitiveness of actors. The topics discussed will also be relevant for performing artists other than actors, for producers, lawyers, intellectual property specialists, communicators, students.
During the forum, experts from academia and practice will address the following topics:
- collective management of intellectual property rights;
- the role of the Ministry of Culture in collective rights management;
- amendments to the Copyright and related rights act;
- specificities of artists’ contracts.
Agenda
09:30 | Registration
10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome speech by the Rector of the UNWE
10:10 – 10:35 | Collective Rights Management. The role of ArtistAuthor
Speakers Simeon Hristov, Executive Director of the organization and Att. Ivan Yankov from YNG Legal
10:35 – 11:00 | The role of the Ministry of Culture in collective rights management
Speaks as. Dr. Stefan Radev from UNWE
11:00 – 11:10 | Break
11:10 – 11:30 | Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act
Att. Ivan Yankov and Att. Yordan Vladov from YNG Legal
11:30 – 11:50 | Performing Artists Contracts
Dr. Ivan Nachev, Director of the Institute of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, speaks
11:50 – 12:30 | Discussion
About our partners
The Institute of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer “Prof. Dr. Borislav Borisov” (IISTT) is a core unit of the UNWE that conducts research and assists business and government on intellectual property and technology transfer issues. IISTT works in close research and expert cooperation with a number of national and international organisations, such as the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, employers’ organisations, creative industries, lawyers, industrial property attorneys and others.
“ArtistAuthor” is a collective rights management organisation registered with the Ministry of Culture. The association has been taking care of collective representation, management and protection of the rights of performing artists in Bulgaria since 1998. More than 340 professional Bulgarian performing artists are members of ArtistAuthor.
Attorney-at-law Ivan Yankov is the driving force behind YNG Legal. He is a leading expert in intellectual property law, cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
