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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/online-conference-announcement-making.html 2021 is a momentous year for EU copyright law: it is the 30th anniversary since the adoption of the first ever copyright directive (the Software Directive 1991/250) and the 20th since the passing of the seminal InfoSoc Directive 2001/29. By 7 June this year, individual Member States should have... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/katcall-openings-for-guestkats-and.html Are you passionate about IP? We have exciting news for you! The IPKat is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for GuestKat posts and looking for IP enthusiasts to fill InternKat positions. GuestKat and InternKat positions will last six months, and there are no geographical restrictions on either role. Please... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/notice-regarding-ipkat-in-conversation.html Dear Kat readers An incorrect version of the post, “IPKat in conversation with Mr. Daren Tang, Director General of WIPO: ‘We are on the cusp of something different’ “, was published earlier today. The correct version of the post now appears. Content reproduced from The IPKat as permitted under... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/ipkat-in-conversation-with-mr-daren.html IPKat recently interviewed Mr. Daren Tang, the Director General of WIPO since October 1, 2020. Mr. Tang came to WIPO after serving at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) for seven years, first as Deputy Chief Executive (three years) followed by four years in the role of Chief... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/appointed-person-considers-status-of.html In an interesting decision (O/557/21) rendered following an appeal against a decision of an Hearing Officer of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO), the Appointed Person upheld the Hearing Officer’s decision ((O/474/20) and declared the appellant’s trade mark invalid on the basis of a likelihood of confusion between the marks at... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/guest-post-china-passes-its-first.html Last week, China passed the Personal Information Protection Law, a top-level comprehensive data protection law with noticeable parts compatible with the GDPR. Upon that, The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post co-authored by Anja Geller (PhD candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Junior Research Fellow at the Max... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/around-ip-blogs_29.html This Kat is just hanging out While the summer winds down, why not while away the hours with news and views from around the IP blogs? Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog gave an update on EU copyright law developments for the second trimester of 2021, including insights into the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_28.html Patents A South African decision to recognize an artificial Intelligence system (DABUS) as an inventor was one of most discussed IP news items of the last several weeks [see The IPKat’s posts on the DABUS saga in various jurisdictions here, here, and here]. Our SpecialKat Chijioke Okorie published an... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/towards-national-transpositions-of-dsm.html Beach + sunbathing + copyright = the perfect summer As readers with an interest in EU copyright are well aware, EU Member States had time until 7 June to transpose the DSM Directive 2019/790 [Katposts here] into their own national laws. With a few exceptions [see Communia tracker here],... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/book-review-art-and-copyright.html This book review of Art and Copyright by Simon Stokes (Partner at Blake Morgan) is kindly provided to you by Alexander Herman, Assistant Director, at the Institute of Art and Law. Alexander teaches regularly on copyright, including as part of the Art, Business and Law LLM at the Centre for... Continue reading
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