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Guest Post: Martin v Kogan: Court of Appeal clarifies joint authorship test

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/guest-post-martin-v-kogan-court-of.html The much anticipated judgment of Kogan v Martin [2019] EWCA Civ 1645 was recently handed down by the Court of Appeal (CA) which revisits the thorny issue of joint authorship of copyright works. Alexandra Mezulanik, a research assistant at UCL IBIL, kindly provides this detailed guest post on the... Continue reading
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Monday Miscellany

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/monday-miscellany.html Monday is here … to start the week with renewed enthusiasm, do take a look at all the events and job opportunities below! Conferences, events and calls for papers The 2nd IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Conference The IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network is... Continue reading
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A European perspective on paparazzi photographs of celebrities and lawsuits against celebrities over the posting of photographs of themselves

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-european-perspective-on-paparazzi.html Over the past few months several media outlets have been reporting on a series of copyright lawsuits filed in the US against celebrities over their social media (in particular: Instagram) feeds [Katposts by Hayleigh here, here, and here]. Whilst some of these lawsuits concerned fairly straightforward issues, that is... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/around-ip-blogs_20.html The IPKat once again has selected blogposts that contribute to the discussions on IP thought and practice. Copyright In the Kluwer Copyright Blog, Christian Czychowski and Viktoria Kraetzig offer their insights on two judgments given by the CJEU, in Funke Medien (C-469/17) and Spiegel Online GmbH (C-516/17), respectively (here,... Continue reading
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That was a long break, now let’s go back south

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/that-was-long-break-now-lets-go-back.html Kat friend Fredy Sánchez Merino has prepared his latest round-up of IP developments in Central and South America. Argentina– In an official communique (here), the Argentinian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has announced the commencement of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program signed with the Chinese National... Continue reading
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Never too late: if you missed The IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_17.html Mrs. Norris catching up on IPKat after some hard partyingphoto credit: https://www.learningliftoff.com PatentWhen Shakespeare wrote “something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” he might have very well been describing the Danish court system in 2019. The number of IP lawsuits filed before the Danish district courts has been reduced... Continue reading
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A casual case of contempt? Price v Filtcraft

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-casual-case-of-contempt-price-v.html What happens if infringement continues after an injunction has been ordered? Such was the case in Price versusFlitcraft [2019] EWHC 2476 (Pat). The infringement case and subsequent committal case, related to the alleged infringement of UK patents GB2415714 and GB2436989. Both patents relate to timber building products. The patents are owned by Mr... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] IP in the automotive industry: IP seminar at Volvo cars – day 2

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/guest-post-ip-in-automotive-industry-ip.html With thanks to Alexander de Leeuw for part 2 of his report: With the first day of the IP seminar at Volvo Cars in the rear view mirror, participants got up early for discussions of litigation trends, big data, SEPs and 5G, IP valuation, and last but not least trademarks and brands in... Continue reading
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When the unicorn loves its name recognition, but Wall Street, less so

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/when-unicorn-loves-its-name-recognition.html This Kat recently suggested that a widely recognized trademark does not necessarily mean a strong brand (using Uber as an example). That raises the question: might such a trademark nevertheless provide a commercial benefit? The answer may be “yes”, at least when unicorns are concerned. No, this Kat is... Continue reading
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[BREAKING] A-G Tanchev finds lack of intention to use a trade mark can be indicative of bad faith & insufficiently clear and precise registrations may be contrary to public policy

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/breaking-g-tanchev-finds-lack-of.html Advocate-General Tanchev’s eagerly awaited opinion in case C-371/18 Sky and others was handed down today [see here; prior coverage on this blog here and here]. As Arnold J remarked in his referring decision [here], the case raises important issues of European trade mark law, a sentiment shared by the... Continue reading