• Book Review: Handbook of Intellectual Property Research [Part 1]

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/book-review-handbook-of-intellectual.html “What is the methodology behind your research?”. This is the question young IP researchers hear most during their first years in the academia. Conference after conference, one comes to realise that a robust research methodology may often be more important than any conclusions such research might yield. Yet, resources... Continue reading

     
  • Friday Fantasies

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/friday-fantasies.html Christmas markets are already here, the lights are bright and shining, but before November is over, this Kat brings you another bundle of joy in the form of IP events and opportunities.  Events Cambridge Information & Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM) CIIPM will hold an event on 15 December 2021... Continue reading

     
  • The UK Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-uk-copyright-rights-and.html The Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill has now been published, proposing new laws for equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustment, right of revocation and transparency. Background Readers may have followed the IPKat reports on the UK DCMS Select Committee Streaming Inquiry [here], which took place in... Continue reading

     
  • Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/book-review-performing-copyright-law.html As a previous drama student herself (who’d have guessed it!), this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School).   This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and... Continue reading

     
  • Around the IP Blogs

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/around-ip-blogs_21.html The IPKat is always paying attention to what IP stories are running around out there. The leaves are falling, the colours are changing, and we bring our latest catches from the blogs to you! TRADE MARKS According to Professor Barton Beebe of NYU School of Law, more than 77%... Continue reading

     
  • Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/never-too-late.html What a week, huh? Although this Kat has just realised it is still Thursday, he is nonetheless quite happy to provide you with the latest news from the Katverse. Copyright A Kat wondering if in a parallel universe all Member States have successfully transposed the DSM Directive Katfriend Miquel... Continue reading

     
  • [Guest post] Est “modus” in rebus – Italian Supreme Court says no automatic award of a reasonable royalty following trade mark infringement

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/guest-post-est-modus-in-rebus-italian.html Katfriend Gabriele Girardello (Pavia Ansaldo) reports on a recent decision of the Italian Supreme Court concerning damage calculation in cases of trade mark infringement. Here’s what Gabriele writes: Est “modus” in rebus – Italian Supreme Court says no automatic award of a reasonable royalty following trade mark infringement by... Continue reading

     
  • Van Doren Lifestyle revisited: the reversal of the burden of proof due to market partitioning

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/van-doren-lifestyle-revisited-reversal.html Kat friend Jan Jacobi reports on a recent case where only the intrepid dare tread—-trade mark exhaustion and market partitioning. In the context of European trade, proving trade mark exhaustion (within the meaning of article 15 of the Trade Mark Directive) can be challenging. On the basis of the... Continue reading

     
  • Belarus files two Belarusian PGIs for protection in the EU, but with a wrinkle

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/belarus-files-two-belarusian-pgis-for.html Often lurking outside the spotlight of EU IP law, Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs) and Protected Designations of Origin (PDOs) pose their distinctive set of legal requirements. When you add to this an application from a non-EU country, you get the following. This Kat got nostalgic Belarus has recently applied... Continue reading

     
  • Tuesday Wonders

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/tuesday-wonders.html   New InterKat   Speaking of Tuesday Wonders, Merpel and the rest of the Kats are delighted to welcome Giorgio Luceri, as a new InternKat for the next six months.  Giorgio is currently working as a trainee at Noerr in Alicante (Spain) in the Intellectual Property and Media Department. ... Continue reading