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If you missed last week’s posts, it’s not too late to catch up.
Copyright
Eleonora Rosati reported that the artist Maurizio Cattelan prevailed in a copyright infringement lawsuit concerning his work “Comedian”.
Hayleigh Bosher focused on the latest developments in the UK Economics of Music Streaming saga.
Anastasiia Kyrylenko reported that Spotify, Sony Music and Streamz have challenged Belgium’copyright reform in front of the Constitutional Court.
Trade marks
Marcel Pemsel commented on a judgment of the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg. The Court held that an injunction based on an EU trade mark with a reputation can only be granted for the entire EU territory or not at all.
Chijoke Okorie reflected on a decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa concerning the use of a disclaimed feature.
Patents
Rose Hugues gave some thoughts on the preliminary opinion from the referring Board of Appeal on post-filed evidence appeal in T 0116/18.
Other
Hayleigh Bosher reviewed the book titled “Intellectual Property Excesses: Exploring the Boundaries of IP Protection”.
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