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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/monday-miscellany.html Some of us may be counting the days till it’s finally spring, but this Kat is still enjoying the wonders of winter. While spring is not here yet, get comfortable with new IP events. A Kat enjoying the wonders of winter. Events French Patent and Trade Mark Office (INPI)... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/eu-general-court-upholds-finding-of.html Can something be simultaneously iconic and lack distinctiveness under trade mark law? Last week, the General Court (GC) answered this question in the affirmative in its decision in T-483/20 Tecnica Group, concerning trade mark protection of the shape of an icon of Italian fashion design and history: the Moon... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/dusseldorf-regional-court-grants-second.html The AmeriKat is stunnedby the number of injunctionsbeing granted in Düsseldorf A recent series of German injunctions (on the merits) granted by the Düsseldorf Regional Court in respect of generic versions of Novartis’ Afinitor (everolimus) has been flagged to the AmeriKat’s attention by a dear Scottish Kat friend. Why are they... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-challenge-of-patenting-combination.html A patent relating to combination claims is the subject of the latest referral to the CJEU on the interpretation of the SPC regulation (IPKat). Even before you get to the question of whether SPCs are available for combination therapies, demonstrating the patentably per se of combination therapies is a challenge... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/reminder-to-vote-for-ipkat-book-of-year.html A friendly feline reminder to vote for your favourite intellectual property law book of the year 2021 in the IPKat Book of the Year Awards! Vote for your best IP book of 2021 by taking the survey here PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF IP, only complete the survey... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/around-ip-blogs_23.html Although a bleak winter week, the IPKat is here to warm you up with tales of interesting posts from the IP blogs. TRADE MARKS Following a public consultation that took place between June and August 2021, the UKIPO recently announced that the government is not proposing to change the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/book-review-performers-rights.html This is a review of Performer’s Rights by the Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). Recognising... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/off-we-go-unified-patent-court-is.html The entry into force of the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement has been a major milestone for the actual birth of the Unitary Patent Court. According to paragraphs a and b of Article 3(1) of the Protocol, there are two alternative conditions for the entry into... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/guest-post-new-german-competition-tool.html The IPKat has received the following comment from Katfriend Moritz Sutterer (Doctoral Student and Junior Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition) on a new competition tool that the German Competition Authority tried very recently on a firm ‘of paramount significance for competition across markets’ – Google... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/01/urgent-requests-for-declaration-of-non.html Many domestic cats would probably like to know in advance whether a certain activity on their part is permitted (eg. jumping on the bed while the owner sleeps). Similarly, many business cats would like to know in advance whether or not one of their products could be considered to infringe... Continue reading
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