http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/around-ip-blogs_11.html IPKat is here with your latest round up of the IP blogs! Highlights this week include Afro-IP’s take on the Hakuna Matata trade mark debate, commentary on the political dimensions of the recent decision by the EPO boards of appeal on plant products produced by essentially biological processes, and a... Continue reading
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/eplaw-congress-report-who-has-better.html The AmeriKat, unfortunately, has yet to attend an EPLAW Congress, coming, as they often do, during an intensely busy court term. But for those who manage to escape to attend the annual congress in Brussels are treated to an engaging debate on the latest issues and developments in European... Continue reading
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Meet and greet the 206th edition of Never Too Late! Copyright Definitely no copyright in taste Do you smell copyright protection? You must be wrong, because in BREAKING: CJEU says NO to copyright in the taste of a cheese and in The Levola Hengelo CJEU decision: ambiguities, uncertainties … and more questions,... Continue reading
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/book-review-modern-law-of-copyright-aka.html The latest Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria is available to buy in time for Christmas. Best left under the tree as it will weigh down any stockings! Spread over two bumper volumes this deep dive into copyright law is essential reading for the serious copyright practitioner. At first glance, the... Continue reading
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/polish-constitutional-tribunal-declares.html Right of information from alleged infringers … Article 8(1) of the Enforcement Directive mandates upon Member States to ensure that, in the context of proceedings concerning an infringement of an IP right and in response to a justified and proportionate request of the claimant, the competent judicial authorities may... Continue reading
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/trade-marks-limits-to-monsters-reach-in.html One of the most challenging issues that confronts trademark practitioners is how to treat a word that is arguably the dominant portion of a mark. This is especially so when that word is the subject of a registration by another party. The most recent decision involving the “Monster” mark... Continue reading
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/whole-visible-surface-or-predominant.html The mark (AKA Pantone 2685C) Cadbury UK Ltd v The Comptroller General of Patents Designs And Trade Marks [2018] EWCA Civ 2715. This appeal concerned Cadbury’s attempt to amend the description of the mark: The mark consists of the colour purple, as shown on the form of application, applied... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/building-long-term-brand-protection.html No caption necessary This is the third and final post in the series on the Second Brand Protection Conference in Frankfurt. This post is all about Mette Andersen’s insights into the LEGO Group. For me, this was one of the most fascinating and informative talks. Whilst it was focused on the LEGO... Continue reading
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/first-blocking-orders-issued-in-greece.html Access blocked … or not? Fifteen months after the law introducing the Greek “Commission for the notification of online copyright and related rights infringement”was passed and eight months after the start of its operations, the Commission has finally issued its first blocking orders. Katfriend Yannos Paramythiotis(Paramythiotis & Partners Law Firm)... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/brand-protection-conference-part-2.html This is the second in a series of blogs following the Second Brand Protection Conference in Frankfurt. The first is available here.The first blog looked at some of the issues faced by major brands. This blog looks at some of the solutions. The law enforcement perspectiveDavid Hunt from Camden Trading... Continue reading