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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_14.html As the celebrations for the 20th birthday of the IPKat have come to an end, here is what you missed last week from the IPKat. 20 Years of the IPKat Image by Riana Harvey Eleonora Rosati reported on the first part of the IPKat’s 20th Birthday Conference. In this... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/automatic-pan-eu-injunctions-for.html Trade marks with a reputation enjoy a broader scope of protection than the ‘average’ mark. For infringement to be found, the goods or services need not be similar, and a faint degree of similarity between the signs is sufficient. But does the scope of protection go so far that... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-ipkats-20th-birthday-conference_11.html Following the other reports on The IPKat’s 20th Birthday Conference held earlier this week in London (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), here’s the final report, covering the panel session. Perceived dullness of patent cases there was none in the third panel discussion of the day on the best and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-ipkats-20th-birthday-conference_0648502946.html After the opening part and the keynote speech, reported by Eleonora here, and the first panel on the best and worst copyright and design cases of the past 20 years, reported by Anastasiia here, the second panel of The IPKat’s 20th Birthday Conference held earlier this week in London,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-ipkats-20th-birthday-conference_9.html After the opening part and the keynote speech, which Eleonora has covered here, our celebratory event continued with the first panel. It was dedicated to the best and worst copyright and design cases of the past 20 years. Lord Justice Arnold, opening the first panel (photo: Neil Graveney) Lord Justice... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-ipkats-20th-birthday-conference.html As our readers know, yesterday current and past Kats, Katfriends, and several Katreaders alike gathered at the London offices of Allen&Overy and online to celebrate the (first) 20 years of our beloved IP blog, which has always had – as its core mission – to bring IP news and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html We also cannot believe it is June already. Here is what you missed last week from the IPKat. Image by Riana Harvey Trade marks Anna Maria Stein considered the age-old question: is an inverted cow vegan? In a decision by the EUIPO, an application for the registration of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/trade-marks-with-reputation-and.html Art. 8(5) EUTMR and Art. 9(2)(c) EUTMR provide that claims based on a trade mark with a reputation can be asserted irrespective of whether the goods or services of the opposing trade marks are identical or even similar. Nevertheless, the proximity of the respective goods and services can be... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/is-it-breach-of-italian-cultural.html As IPKat readers will be aware having this blog covered a number of cases already [see here for a compilation of Katposts], the Italian Cultural Heritage Code (ICHC) restricts the unauthorized commercial use of images of assets belonging to this country’s cultural heritage. This is so irrespective of the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/shape-trade-marks-italian-supreme-court.html On 11 May last, the Italian Supreme Court issued and interesting decision (decision no. 12881) on the protection of the Tic Tac box as a shape trade mark, reaffirming the distinction between the “necessary form” and the “substantial form” of a product. The decision of the Supreme Court upholds... Continue reading
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