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[Guest post] Czech court rules that placement of advertisements on a building constitutes a moral rights infringement

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-czech-court-rules-that.html The IPKat has become aware of an interesting moral rights judgment recently issued in the Czech Republic. Katfriends Juraj Vivoda and Martin Loučka (both at Taylor Wessing) explain what happened. Here’s what they write: Czech court rules that placement of advertisements on a building constitutes a moral rights infringement... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/sunday-surprises.html Soaking up the last bit of the weekend. Although the weekend may be fast fading (but what’s the difference anymore?) the IPKat brings some other news to distract you, including some, perhaps, unbelievable news… Conferences INTA is back! INTA is scheduled to be held in Houston from 16 to... Continue reading
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What happened to the “long tail” theory of commerce on the Internet?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-happened-long-tail-theory-of.html More than 15 years ago, with Amazon.com already on the ascendant, all talk was about how the Internet promised to liberate commerce for both sellers and purchasers. There was no more prominent expression of that optimism than Chris Anderson’s notion of the long tail (“The Long Tail: Why the... Continue reading
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Around the Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/around-blogs.html This Kat is getting cabin fever As we all adjust to new ways of living and working, the IP blogosphere is no exception. Patents Kluwer Patent Blog has reported on the patent implications of the German government’s amendments to the German Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Covid-19 Treatments: The Issue of Orphan Drug Status and Patents

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-covid-19-treatments-issue-of.html This Kat is very happy to post the Guest post of Katarina Foss-Solbrekk, a former LLM student at the European Intellectual Property Rights Masters Programme at Stockholm University (more about the programme here). Katarina is currently DPhil Candidate at Oxford University. Here’s what Katarina writes: Covid-19 The covid-19 pandemic... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Appeals to the Appointed Person in the UK – the unappealing truth

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-appeals-to-appointed-person.html We are delighted to host this guest post from Ian Gill, who has been combing through recent decisions by the Appointed Person, one of the two routes of appeal in respect of trade mark and (more rarely) design decisions made by the UK Intellectual Property Office… The odds are... Continue reading
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Book Review; the CIPA Guide to the Patents Act by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, Ninth Edition

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-review-cipa-guide-to-patents-act.html Reviewing a book such as the CIPA Guide to the Patents Act is a dream for a patent nerd like this Kat. The “Black Book”, as it is widely known, is a comprehensive commentary to the Patents Act and the last edition not only provides updates but also includes... Continue reading
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BREAKING: CJEU rules that hiring out of motor vehicles equipped with radio receivers does not constitute a communication to the public

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/breaking-cjeu-rules-that-hiring-out-of.html Can a car leasing company – by leasing cars equipped with radio receivers – be considered a ‘user’ that performs a communication to the public? This, in a nutshell, was at the heart of the referral from the Swedish Supreme Court to the Court of Justice of the European... Continue reading
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Book review: The unrealized promise of the next great copyright act

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-review-unrealized-promise-of-next.html Having recently been reading a number of cases relating to US copyright and music, this Kat was very interested to review The Unrealized Promise of the Next Great Copyright Act U.S. Copyright Policy for the 21st Century, by Christopher S. Reed, Adjunct Faculty, Claremont Graduate University, US. The current US... Continue reading
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Significant Revisions to the Swiss Copyright Act

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/significant-revisions-to-swiss.html The typical mischievous mood of April Fool’s Day is absent this year, indeed even Google has decided to skip sharing jokes today to pay respect to those who are fighting COVID-19. In this current difficult and in so many ways extraordinary situation, it may only be a sideshow that... Continue reading