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If you missed last week’s posts, it’s not too late to catch up.

A Kat enjoying Spring

Trade marks and GIs

Anastasiia Kyrylenko reflected on how wars affect geographical indications (GIs). Specifically, Anastasiia focused on the impact of World War I on the history of camembert, a French cheese.

Anna Maria Stein discussed relevant considerations for brand owners filing trade mark applications for environmentally friendly or sustainable goods and services.

Patents

Henry P Yang reported on the appellate judgment in Intex v Ericsson 2023:DHC:2243-DB issued by the Delhi High Court. This appeal was directed against the judgment of 13 March 2015 by Mr Justice Singh where he notably held that Ericsson had prima facie complied with its FRAND commitment, and that Intex was prima facie unwilling to execute a FRAND licence.

At the 30th Fordham IP Conference’s session on Women in Patent Law, Annsley Merelle Ward presented the recent amendments to the Patents Court Guide to improve diversity in the Patents Court.
 
Rose Hugues commented on the decision in T 0758/20 issued by the Board of Appeal which confirmed that ViCo oral proceedings should be considered the “new gold standard”.

Other

GuestKat Dawid Sierzant reflected on the new rules on preliminary injunctions in IP cases that will come into effect in Poland on 1 July 2023.

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