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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/sunday-surprises_12.html This Kat is keeping fresh Another week, another miscellany roundup. Conferences Danish Copyright Society On 20th of September 2021 at 16:30 (4:30 pm CEST), the Danish Copyright Society (www.dsfo.dk) will host an online conference regarding recent case law from the ECJ. The meeting will focus on ECJ’s case law... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/around-ip-blogs.html Copyright The CREATe blog continued with posts from their 21 for 2021 project. In this series, the blog’s authors offer answers to 21 topical copyright questions for the 21st century. Last week’s post is dedicated to performers’ rights. It reviews the basic issues on the topic, then elaborates on... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/no-german-injunction-gap-expedition-in.html Merpel gives the “German injunction gap”factor some much needed side-eye After the end of what English and Welsh litigators call the Trinity term (aka end of the term before the Court breaks for the summer holidays), Mr Justice Mellor was working overtime to deliver two decisions. The second of these... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/aripo-member-states-adopt-kampala.html Late last month (August), the Kampala Protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights within the framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) was adopted at a Diplomatic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda. The Protocol establishes a regional voluntary registration of copyright and related rights. It... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/katcall-reminder.html The deadline for submissions to the openings for GuestKats and InternKats positions (as announced here) is approaching. Apply now! Those interested must submit their complete applications no later than Wednesday, 15 September 2021 (midnight, GMT). Complete applications must contain CV details, interest in IPKat, and a 400-word writing sample... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/sunday-surprises.html Katcall The IPKat is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for GuestKat posts and looking for IP enthusiasts to fill InternKat positions. The deadline for applying for both is Wednesday, 15 September 2021 (midnight, GMT). The successful candidates will start in mid-October 2021. For more details, read here. Conferences, webinars... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/are-parties-still-impaired-from.html The decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G1/21 was perhaps the “non-event” of the patent year. Despite clear and considerable interest in the EBA’s view of mandatory ViCo oral proceedings as the new norm, the EBA chose to only answer the narrow question of the legality... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-table-and-table-coaster-that-shaped.html This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Court of Justice’s (CJEU) landmark judgment in Pepsico v Grupo Promer Mon Graphic (C-281/10P). In this ruling, which originated from a design invalidity claim before the EUIPO (OHIM, as it was known then), the Court of Justice construed the meaning of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/whistle-while-you-work-syncing-beyond.html Synchronizing music with visual media output, such as films, television shows, advertisements, video games, accompanying websites and movies, is widespread. Indeed, drafting synchronization licenses has helped many a commercial copyright practitioner pay for his/her child’s college tuition. But syncing music is part of our much broader daily lives, beyond... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat has become a purr-ito The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Kats are providing updates and commentary from around the world of IP. Copyright PermaKat Eleonora Rosati considered the ways in which EU Member States have been exercising (and derogated from the limits of) their... Continue reading
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