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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/epo-plans-radical-shake-up-of-eqes-2024.html The online European Qualifying Examinations (eEQEs) are part of the EPO’s overall digital strategy. The patent exams were moved online for the first time this year as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However (like ViCo oral proceedings), the EQEs will continue to be held online, even post-pandemic. As part... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/boeings-comma-drama-commas-and-taking.html It is not only the choice of words that matter in patent claim interpretation. As the recent decision in T 1127/16 shows, grammar can be similarly important. In this decision, the lack of a comma in a claim led to a successful added matter objection against Boeing’s patent EP1798872. Caught in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/sunday-surprises.html Webinars Join Fashion Law London on April 13,l 2021 for “The New Age of Fashion: Sustainable Horizons”, an event entirely dedicated to sustainability and its legal significance for the fashion sector.! Tickets are available here. On April 13 and 14, the University College of London (UCL) is conducting a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat wants you to admire her whiskers Why not round off Eastertime with an IPKat roundup? Copyright Book review editor Hayleigh Bosher published a comprehensive review of the latest edition of Copinger & Skone James on Copyright, highlighting its usefulness to practitioners and researchers alike. Patents GuestKat Rose Hughes... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/guest-post-lego-case-t-51519-building.html The IPKat is pleased to host the following analysis by Vincenzo Vinciguerra (Weblegal and Cattolica University) on the recent design decision of the General Court in Lego, T-515/19. Here’s what Vincenzo writes: The Lego Case T-515/19: A building block castle built up on sand by Vincenzo Vinciguerra In Lego... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/ipkat-reader-discount-uic-john-marshall.html The AmeriKat is ready to learn more in the UIC IP Master class this Friday The IPKat is pleased to announce this Friday’s IP Master Class organized by the UIC John Marshall Law School. The UIC Law’s IP Master Class Series presents comprehensive seminars on critical and emerging areas of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/uk-court-of-appeal-will-not-depart-from.html As previously reported by the IPKat here in 2019 the High Court of England and Wales weighed in on communication to the public, in what the court called ‘a test case’ about infringement of copyright in sound recordings accessed via an online platform that connects users to radio stations around the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/around-ip-blogs.html There are a few new articles on the blogs…let this Kat introduce you to them. Enjoying the blogs… Patents Where is human after all in Artificial Intelligence? This question was answered by Kluwer Patent Blog where a thesis was proposed which entails that it is necessary to take... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/remembering-hershel-shanks-1930-2021.html If there is a place in the world to come for iconic copyright disputes, then surely the 1990’s Israeli case of Kimron v. Shanks, better known as the Dead Sea Scrolls case, will enjoy permanent tenancy. This Kat was reminded of it when he read that Hershel Shanks, the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/around-blogs.html These Kats are hunting for Easter eggs What could make a Kat reader’s Easter happier than reading the latest updates from around the blogs? Copyright The buzz surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has been picked up by several IP blogs, with both TechnoLlama and The Fashion Law reflecting on what... Continue reading
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