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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/aippi-event-report-lord-justice-birss.html The AmeriKat enjoying her fullyremote existence… Last week, the UK Group hosted the latest in their remote series of events with Lord Justice Birss looking to the future of civil justice. The AmeriKat was elsewhere in the remote universe, but was lucky to have guest Kat, Anna Duch (Bristows) on... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/authorship-of-photographs-and-ownership.html The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria. The decision... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/patentee-doublethink-in-regulatory.html The US Courts of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) found in Belcher Pharmaceuticals v Hospira, Inc that a formulation patent was unenforceable in view of inequitable conduct, in the form of contradictory submissions to the patent office and the regulatory agency (FDA) by the patentee. The case serves to highlight the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/ipkat-in-conversation-with-tim-moss-ceo.html This Kat was delighted to have the opportunity to chat with Tim Moss, Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO), on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). Hayleigh Bosher: One of the IPO’s key priorities in its Corporate Plan is to understand the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/eras-autumn-events-coming-up-with.html Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier, Germany are always busy organizing new conferences and events. Among the IP-focused ones, ERA’s Autumn calendar features 3 conferences for which IPKat readers can register by claiming a 25% discount in the registration fee by using... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/reasons-for-eba-referral-on.html As recently reported here on IPKat, we are imminently expecting a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on the issue of using post-filed data to support plausibility for inventive step. The potential for a referral on this topic may have come as a surprise to some, given... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-global-innovation-index-gii-2021.html The 14th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) was released today. Published since 2007, the GII has been a useful source of analysis for measuring innovation. The GII 2021 was published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in partnership with the Portulans Institute and with the support... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-unified-patent-court-do-we-finally.html After the Order of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) dated 23 June 2021 (see here the IPKat post) it is now clarified that Germany is able to participate in the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) and the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the UPCA (the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat.html Patents PermaKat Annsley Merelle Ward informed about the UK litigation in Abbott v Dexcom, a patent dispute over glucose monitoring devices for diabetes. Abbott and Dexcom are currently in legal battlein US, Germany and the UK, each accusing the other of patent infringement and invalidity of the other party’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/around-ip-blogs_18.html This Kat is waiting watchfully What weekend could fail to be brightened by a jaunt around the IP blogs? Patents FOSS Patents published two articles on IP in China, one on a decision of the Supreme People’s Court affirming jurisdiction over global FRAND rates, and another on the country’s response... Continue reading
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