Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

This Kat is all caught up

This Kat is looking forward to a long weekend, but not before taking a look back at what went on last week on the IPKat.

SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher reported on the latest developments in copyright infringement proceedings between UK collecting society PRS and Qatar Airways.

Kat friend Dr Paula Westenberger reviewed the “excellent and extremely welcome” Research Handbook on Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage: Law and Heritage.

A date for the diary: PermaKat Eleonora Rosati announced a Joint IPKat-BLACA-IFIM live webinar on the forthcoming CJEU YouTube/Cyando judgment, expected 22 June 2021, to be held on 1 July.

Hayleigh Bosher also considered the quantification of damages on the basis of notional licence for Eminem’s album, which had been pressed as an unauthorised vinyl in the UK.

Keeping with the damages theme, Kat friends Professors Bashayer Almajed and Bashar Malkawi, presented a summary of the current multilayered approach to damage calculations for patent infringement under Chinese law.

Would a TRIPS waiver for coronavirus vaccines help boost production capacity in poor countries? Katfriend Professor Suma Athreye discussed possible measures to promote vaccine equity.

GuestKat Rose Hughes reported on the EPO Board of Appeal’s recent decision to uphold the principle of “any person” opposition, continuing to allow so-called “straw man” oppositions in light of the weighty public interest in invalid patents being challenged.

AmeriKat Annsley Merelle Ward conveyed an event report from Adam Ernette on the virtual IP Master Class seminar held by UIC Law Center for Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy Law on 16 April 2021, who also provided a list of upcoming UIC events.