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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-ipkat-epo-enlarged-board-of-appeal.html 2021 has been year brimmed full with juicy case law from the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA). The biggest (or at least the most controversial) story of the year was the referral to the EBA on the legality of mandatory ViCo oral proceedings (G 1/21). This year also saw... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-dabus-saga-continued.html Just a few days before Holidays season, the Legal Board of Appeal announced its ruling in the cases J 8/20 and J 9/20, thus confirming the decisions of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office, both of which has refused the DABUS applications EP 18 275 163 and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/ukipo-unveils-report-highlighting.html Last week, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released an intriguing report measuring and analyzing (apparently for the first time) the influence that social media influencers exert on consumers also when it comes to purchasing counterfeits. This kind of research is timely, also considering – among other things – recent... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/around-ip-blogs_27.html While we are changing from the “All I want for Christmas is you” to the “Happy New Year” playlist, check what has been going on around the IP blogs before 2021 is over. Patents A Kat experiencing a Christmas hangover The Kluwer Patent Blog brought a summary of the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/charles-dickens-as-copyright-content.html It is worth remembering that copyright is as much about the distribution of contents as the conditions of their creation. A contemporary example of the distribution function, in an age of social media, is the influencer, whose written and oral words can impact, indeed forge, the thoughts and ideas... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/breaking-board-of-appeal-finds-no-legal.html A quirk of European patent prosecution is the requirement for the description to be amended in line with allowed claims. This requirement is provided for by the EPO Guidelines for Examination (F-IV-4.4). Despite having unclear legal basis, the description amendment requirement was controversially made even more stringent in the 2021 Guidelines... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/wednesday-whimsies.html We may already be thinking about Christmas feasts, but before that, check some IP opportunities and events. A Kat wondering how to think out of the box SAVE THE DATE – IPKat and Simmons & Simmons – Retromark: the conference (3 March 2022) Retromark: the conference is back! An... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/guest-post-universal-copyright.html The IPKat has received the following comment from Katfriend Jørgen Blomqvist (Centre for Information and Innovation Law, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen) on the recent announcement relating to the accession of Cambodia to the Berne Convention. Here’s what Jørgen writes: Universal Copyright Convention – RIP by Jørgen Blomqvist On... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/guest-post-can-keyser-soze-elude-danish.html The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Hanne Kirk (Gorrissen Federspiel) on a recent Danish decision concerning trade marks and fictional characters. Here’s what Jakob and Hanne write: Can Keyser Söze elude the Danish courts? On fictional characters and names... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/caffeine-headache-for-monster-as.html Kat friend, Becky Knott, reports on an interesting decision by the General Court that is notable for the degree to which the court analysed the properties of the relevant goods in determining trade mark non-use. Following the latest trade mark judgment between Monster Energy Co. and Frito-Lay Trading Company... Continue reading
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