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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/no-take-backs-for-thaler-on-ai.html Apparently Dr Stephen Thaler hasn’t lost interest in generating patent case law in the UK. On Monday, the High Court of England & Wales handed down its judgment in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2025] EWHC 2202 (Ch), finding that Dr Thaler could not turn around and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/to-block-or-not-to-block-that-is.html A few topics ignite as much controversy at the intersection of copyright law and the digital economy as ad-blockers. Publishers see them as existential threats. Some even pose the question ‘Are ad-blockers killing the media?’. Users view them as indispensable shields against the clutter of online advertising. Providers of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html We all love a good wrap-up, so here’s last week on the IPKat in a nutshell!CopyrightGraphic by Riana HarveyKatfriends Rudi Mathieu and Theodora Stamos contributed a guest post to The IPKat, discussing relatively recent amendments to Belgian law aimed at combating online piracy and the country’s first court order granting a dynamic and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/no-claim-interpretation-summersaults.html PatKat has been watching with keen interest as the first decisions applying the Enlarged Board of Appeal’s recent ruling in G 1/24 have started to trickle in. The initial view from many commentators was that G1/24 “extinguished uncertainty” on the issue of claim interpretation. However, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA)’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/peddlageddon-attempts-to-take-down.html Unjustified threats can cause many difficulties for the unwary. In a recent interim injunction application (Sledziewski & Anor v Persons Unknown & Anor [2024] EWHC 1955 (KB)) brought to restrain the sharing of videos on YouTube, a trade mark proprietor has got itself into a muddle over threats, feeding... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-ipkat-team-arrivals-farewell-and.html IP is an ever changing and developing area. And with it, so is the IPKat. So it is that time again when the IPKat team welcomes new contributors, says “thank you” and “see you soon” to some contributors, and shares news concerning the current Kats. First up, the IPKat is... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/when-your-formulation-ip-is-beyond.html The recent decision in T 0722/24 is an example of effective patent strategy for a clinical stage product. Pharmaceutical innovation involves far more than identification of a therapeutic molecule. Over the course of a drug’s life cycle, there is the need for considerable and lengthy further development, leading to new inventions.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_21.html Don’t miss a beat! Catch up on the latest IP news with the IPKat.Where legal expertise and felinegrace meet: the IPKat at work.PatentsRose Hughes reported on the EPO Boards of Appeal decision in T 0070/23, which held that an “immunogenic composition” product claim could not be interpreted as having... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/guest-post-fight-against-online-piracy.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends Rudi Mathieu (Proximus ADA) and Theodora Stamos (Proximus) on relatively recent amendments to Belgian law in order to contrast online piracy and their potential application in practice. Both authors write in a personal capacity... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/grand-stripes-and-single-brand-stores.html No, you can’t have it all – At least you cannot claim genuine use of all goods sold in a single-brand store if your trade mark is only used on the storefront. That is the gist of a recent judgment of the General Court (T-372/24). Background K-Way owns an... Continue reading
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