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“The Queen’s Gambit”, “Emma” and the changing dynamics of content creation, distribution and star power

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-queens-gambit-emma-and-changing.html What happens when success brings not only its own reward, but also rewards others, who may be competitors? Consider the story of “The Queen’s Gambit”. Like many Kat readers, this Kat’s principal coronavirus-imposed viewing of Netflix offerings for October 2020 was the miniseries, “The Queen’s Gambit” (based on the... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_29.html End of autumn spleen Copyright The implementation of Art. 17 of the DSM Directive is currently one of the hottest topics in IP law. Kat Friends Martin Senftleben and Christina Angelopoulous shared their thoughts on the issue, focusing on the importance of the general monitoring ban and on how this prohibition... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/sunday-surprises_29.html As we are about to enter the last month of 2020, let’s have a look at some upcoming events… Webinars The Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt / Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is delighted to invite you to attend its traditional Holiday Seminar... Continue reading
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Guest book review: Patent Management

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-book-review-patent-management.html Gustavo Schötz, Professor at the Intellectual Property Center, Universidad Austral, Argentina, and consultant at Schötz & Viascán, kindly reviews Patent Management – Protecting Intellectual Property and Innovation for us: We have before us “Patent Management – Protecting Intellectual Property and Innovation”, the first English edition of the “Patentmanagement“, published... Continue reading
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When goodwill in the business is not enough: clarifying the role of the trademark in a passing off action

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/when-goodwill-in-business-is-not-enough.html The role of a trademark in the context of a passing off claim may go more to misrepresentation rather than goodwill, depending upon the jurisdiction. Kat friend Chia Ling Koh describes a recent case, Tuitiongenius Pte Ltd v Toh Yew Keat and anor [2020] SGCA 103, a decision of... Continue reading
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Around the Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/around-blogs.html These Kats are celebrating family In honour of our American friends’ celebration of Thanksgiving, this Kat has decided to be thankful for the news and insight which those from across the IP blogosphere so continually provide. Copyright When will a dance routine be deemed to have met the US’s... Continue reading
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[BREAKING] Düsseldorf court refers questions on component-level SEP licensing to CJEU in Nokia/Daimler

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/breaking-dusseldorf-court-refers.html While our American cousins were waking up early to put their turkeys in the oven this morning, the Düsseldorf court announced that it will be referring questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the high-stakes patent battle between Nokia and Daimler [Katposts here and... Continue reading
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TPM circumvention and website blocking orders: An EU perspective

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/tpm-circumvention-and-website-blocking.html Blocking application Website blocking orders in IP cases (mostly, though not solely, in relation to copyright-infringing websites) are routinely granted in several jurisdictions, whether in Europe or third countries. The availability of such relief has been established in case law, administrative frameworks and academic studies alike. The Court of... Continue reading
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[Guest post] European Commission unveils new IP Action Plan

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-post-european-commission-unveils.html The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by former GuestKat Bertrand Sautier on the recently released European Commission’s Action Plan on IP. Here’s what Bertrand writes: European Commission unveils new IP Action Plan by Bertrand Sautier The IPKat’s own action plan Following the publication of the New... Continue reading
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The fate of UK SPCs in the Brexit era

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-fate-of-uk-spcs-in-brexit-era.html To prepare for Brexit, the UK has incorporated many provisions of EU law into its own statute. This includes the SPC Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 469/2009). SPC protection in the UK will thus broadly remain unchanged following the transition period. However, in the small-print there are some potentially critical changes... Continue reading