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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-ipkat-team-arrivals-farewell-and.html Every now and then, The IPKat team welcomes new contributors, says thanks and goodbye to existing contributors, and shares some news concerning the Kats. Let’s find out more! GuestKat and InternKat The IPKat is delighted to welcome the following as new GuestKat and InternKat for the next six months.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-post-in-too-deep-considering.html Even by the standards of the dynamic world of AI development and innovation, the recent shockwaves caused by the surge in popularity of Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek’s R1 model in January 2025 were unprecedented. The R1 model has emerged as a cost-efficient competitor to established market operators, such as... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/gti-v-gta-too-short-to-be-confusingly.html The scope of protection of short marks is often considered to be narrower than for longer marks. Consumers are deemed to remember short signs more easily and perceive differences more readily. This is why a difference in one letter can be sufficient to exclude a likelihood of confusion. However,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/ag-biondi-extending-patent-rights.html Last year, this Kat reported on a referral from the French Cassation Court to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding the interplay between trade mark functionality and bad faith (C-17/24). Advocate General (AG) Biondi has now released his Opinion (for now, only available in French).... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-post-retromark-volume-xv-last-six.html Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons presents the fifteenth volume in his rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. Here’s what he writes: Retromark Volume XV: the last six months in trade marks by Darren Meale Here we go again! This volume picks up where... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_10.html Feel like catching up on the latest at The IPKat? — Never Too Late! Patents Kat making sure you are on track Rose Hughes looked into drug-discovery company called Insilico Medicine, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of the evolving landscape of AI-assisted drug discovery for IP strategy. Rose Hughes outlined T 0295/22... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/urban-places-as-stage-and-cgi-and-vfx.html For the IPKat, all the world is a stage(and full of IP) Last week, Italy celebrated the one year until the start of the Winter 2026 Olympics in Cortina. As with any Olympics, questions of IP abound. This past Summer’s Olympics in Paris triggered such an analysis from Kat... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/plum-opportunity-missed-from-domain.html In the warmer climes of Australia, the harvesting season for ‘Queen Garnet’ plums is currently underway in preparation for distribution to national and international markets. The ‘Queen Garnet’ plum received a lot of publicity some years ago as a “superfood” because of its exceptionally high antioxidant levels and claims... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-new-mode-of-administration-is-new.html The Board of Appeal decision in T 0295/22 tackles the question of whether a new mode of administration of a drug should be considered a new medical use. The Board of Appeal concludes that the current EPO Guidelines for Examination are wrong on this point, and that mode of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/annual-conference-on-eu-law-in.html Kats of Brussels The Katfriends at ERA wish to inform IPKat readers that they are back with yet another edition of their Annual Conference on EU Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector 2025. Taking place in Brussels and online on 27 and 28 March 2025, this event will bring legal practitioners... Continue reading
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