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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/cjeu-rules-on-genuine-use-of-collective.html The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the indication of the affiliation with a local waste collection may influence consumers’ purchasing decision and consequently contribute to maintain or create a share in the market for the goods or services protected by the mark. Earlier... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/wipo-public-consultation-on-ai-and-ip.html The World Intellectual Property Organization has launched a public consultation process on artificial intelligence and intellectual property policy, inviting feedback on an issues paper designed to help define the most-pressing questions likely to face IP policy makers as AI increases in importance. In January 2019, WIPO issued a study... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/ipkat-book-of-year-awards-2019.html As the Christmas season is in full swing, it can mean only one thing dear readers of the IPKat blog and IP books, it is time again to nominate your favourite IP books of the year! Us Kats love a good IP read, and over 2019 the IPKat has... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-uk-government-sheds-light-on-status.html Following several rounds of consultation, The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has issued a legal statement on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts under the English and Welsh law. [The IPKat has previously written about the potential challenges of smart contracts here]. Cryptoassets as property UKJT has concluded that... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/general-election-2019-possible.html Readers from outside of the UK political bubble (and who therefore might not yet be sick of UK politics) may be interested to know that (i) there is a general election on Thursday; and (ii) this election campaign has had more than its fair share of campaigning tactics that are... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_10.html You know what time it is – time for this week’s edition of Never Too Late! I think we all know this feeling by now… Copyright Hanne Kirk and her team at Gorrissen Federspiel (Denmark) provide a fascinating insight into the recent Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court ruling regarding the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/supreme-peoples-court-of-china-releases.html On 4 December 2019, the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) held a press conference at Wuzhen, Zhejiang, in conjunction with the publication of a significant white paper titled Chinese Courts and the Internet Judiciary (downloadable here, in Chinese and in English). This 135-page document is a must-read for... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/guest-post-federal-court-in-australia.html Dr Titilayo Adebola, Lecturer in Law at the University of Aberdeen, with research interests in international intellectual property, plant variety protection and geographical indications kindly provides the following update on a recent case involving the enforcement of the Scotch Whisky mark: On 15 November 2019, a Federal Court in Melbourne,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/proving-existence-of-confidentiality.html T 2037/18 is an EPO Boards of Appeal case that considers how much an opponent needs to prove in the Notice of Opposition itself. The case related to a dispute between Bombardierand Siemens regarding Bombardier’s EP patent (EP2619063) for a train carriage. Siemens cited a train (the TDR Series 460) as prior... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/guest-post-when-you-own-artwork-you.html With thanks to Hanne Kirk and her team at Gorrissen Federspiel (Denmark) for this fascinating post regarding the outer limits of copyright in an artwork: On Monday, 2 December 2019, the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court issued a ruling in a case which explores the fine line between... Continue reading
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