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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guest-post-will-social-media-change.html This guest post is brought to you by Simone Mallett-Forde, a former athlete, University of Guelph Political Science graduate, Brunel Law School alumni, who recently completed the LLM LPC with Distinction at BPP University. She is an aspiring solicitor with hopes to focus her career in the sport, technology,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-star-trek-may-be-contributing-to.html The Star Trek series seems, well, galaxies away, from our struggles with COVID-19. Until it isn’t. Consider the following. The Star Trek series was singular in multiple ways, not the least its contribution to our cultural lexicon: “Go where no man [later: “no one”] has gone before”, here; “Beam... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guest-post-retromark-volume-ix-last-six.html Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons presents the ninth volume in his rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. Retromark Volume IX: the last six months in trade marks by Darren Meale This volume was due a few months ago, but then my son was... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_6.html Patents GuestKat Rose Hughes has been untiring in documenting how using video conferencing (ViCo) in oral proceedings of the EPO’s Board of Appeal has been unfolding [see the bottom of this post for the full list of The IPKat’s posts on the topic]. Last week, Rose reported that the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/commission-unveils-article-17-guidance.html Today, after several months of waiting and with the deadline for the national transposition of the DSM Directive being just a weekend away (it will be on Monday, 7 June), the European Commission has issued its Guidance on the application of Article 17. Here are 3 key highlights: Article 17... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/book-review-trans-pacific-partnership.html This Kat is delighted to review “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade in the Pacific Rim”, by Matthew Rimmer (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, 616 pp). The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was a mega-regional agreement, which involved 12 negotiating states, including the US. After the US withdrew from the negotiations,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Let’s catch up with the IPKat’s whereabouts… Time to catch up! PATENTS The referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G1/21 relates to the legality of conducting Board of Appeal oral proceedings by Video Conferencing without the consent of all parties. The rapidly scheduled public hearing will... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/around-ip-blogs.html This Kat is feeling wistful With temperatures heating up for Northern Hemisphere Kat friends, why not stay cool and take a look around the IP blogs? Copyright Ahead of the 7 June transposition deadline, the Kluwer Copyright Blog assessed Italy’s ongoing efforts to implement the CDSM Directive. CREATe (University of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/reference-to-hybridoma-does-not-limit.html Antibodies were recently awarded their own section in the latest EPO Guidelines for Examination (IPKat). This reflects that the complex and specific case law pertaining to antibody inventions. One such complexity are the provisions provided for the definition of an antibody by reference to a deposited hybridoma (Rule 31 EPC).... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guest-post-copyright-gunfight-at-ok.html Can fictional characters be protected by copyright? This is a question that is both intriguing and difficult to answer, as the variety of tests adopted by courts in different jurisdictions also demonstrates. The Rome Court of First Instance has recently had to tackle this question, as Katfriends Fabio Ghiretti... Continue reading
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