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Swedish Patent and Market Court upholds Sweden’s first dynamic blocking injunction

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/swedish-patent-and-market-court-upholds.html In 2018, the Swedish Patent and Market Court was requested to issue a dynamic blocking injunction against Swedish internet service provider Telia Company (Telia) to block access to the likes of The Pirate Bay, Dreamfilm, Nyafilmer, Fmovies, and several other related proxies and mirror sites. The applicant rightholders (Disney,... Continue reading
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Book Review: 3D Trademarks and other Non-Traditional Trademarks

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/book-review-3d-trademarks-and-other-non.html Trade mark laws across the globe are increasingly accepting various categories of “non-traditional” trade marks as eligible for registration and protection. Still, being a relatively new occurrence, a thoughtful analysis of these legal developments is lacking. To fill this gap, Prof. Jacques de Werra (University of Geneva, UNIGE) has... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Privacy and Data Protection in Chinese Civil Code: First Clarification of Personal Data Protection from the Perspective of Civil Law in China

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/guest-post-privacy-and-data-protection.html This Kat is delighted to host a guest post by Zihao Li, a PhD candidate at CREATe, University of Glasgow, on privacy and data protection in the Chinese Civil Code. Here is what Zihao writes: On 28 May 2020, the first Chinese Civil Code (CCC) was adopted. It will... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat has constitutionality concerns Missing The IPKat’s posts as they come in doesn’t mean missing out: catch up on last week’s news and views in this edition of Never Too Late. CopyrightIn a guest post, KatFriend Hanne Kirk (Gorrissen Federspiel) considered the application of the CJEU’s Cofemel decision by Denmark’s... Continue reading
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The Patent Examination Board (PEB) releases further information on the 2020 UK patent exams

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-patent-examination-board-peb.html The Patent Examination Board (PEB) has released more information on the arrangements for the UK patent exams this year, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The information is buried on the PEB website, and can be accessed here. The PEB confirm their earlier indications that the UK exams will... Continue reading
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Breaking: US Supreme Court holds that “generic.com” marks are not necessarily generic – USPTO v. Booking.com

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/breaking-us-supreme-court-holds-that.html This morning, the US Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision regarding the “Booking.com” service mark. In United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com, the Court held that a mark consisting of a term that is generic for the class of goods or services offered and “.com” is not... Continue reading
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“Nosecco” appeal goes flat in the High Court

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/noescco-appeal-goes-flat-in-high-court.html Uncork the bottles – a resounding victory for the Prosecco producers in Les Grands Chais de France SAS v Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco [2020] EWHC 1633 (Ch), an appeal from the UK Intellectual Property Office which was heard in the High Court by Mr Justice Nugee. BackgroundIn... Continue reading
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How to deal with abusive patent enforcement within the EU enforcement framework

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-to-deal-with-abusive-patent.html Kat friends Prof. A. Strowel and Dr. A. Léonard share their thoughts on how to deal with abusive patent enforcement within the EU enforcement framework. The IP Enforcement Directive (2004/48) was originally meant to fight piracy and counterfeiting, in particular in the field of copyright. However, at the time... Continue reading
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Monday Miscellany

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/monday-miscellany.html That Monday feeling after a short weekend. The IPKat hopes you still have some openings in your schedule, because here are some exciting events…Conferences IP Tech Summit 2020 is taking place in Munich from 3 to 4 December 2020 within Microsoft’s premises! More information is available here. Webinars The... Continue reading
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The National Copyright Administration of China: no more ‘black hole drama’ in the image market

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-national-copyright-administration.html On 11 June 2020, the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) issued the first document of 2020: The Notice on Regulating the Copyright Order of Photographic Works (‘the Notice’). The full text is accessible here (in Chinese). The Notice, as a departmental regulation (the NCAC is under the State Council), does... Continue reading