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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/around-ip-blogs_20.html Cat distancing Patents The Unitary Patent system keeps coming back to the pages of the IP blogs. Last week, the Preparatory Committee of the UPC published a press release, stating that ‘the unitary patent system [is] to be functional in near future’. Kluwer Patent Blog summed up the latest... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/memoriam-of-us-supreme-court-legend.html Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of the US Supreme Court, passed away on Friday 18th September 2020, just before the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, which according to the tenets of her Jewish faith, is the hour of death for the most righteous souls. And that she was. Her life was... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/west-african-cotton-company-limited-v.html In a decision issued pre-Covid19 lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, the Federal High Court of Nigeria held that the two registered designs belonging to the respondent, Hozelock Exel, were not new as the products made from the designs were similar to the products described in various shipping documents tendered in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/wednesday-whimsies.html This Kat is looking to a post-COVID future As another week of miscellany comes around, this Kat is wondering where the time goes. Conferences & Events FIDE’s 5th Global Digital Encounter is taking place on 25th September, on the topic of ‘Artificial Intelligence, Software and Patents: Towards a Post-COVID... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/guest-post-release-of-new-top-level.html The IPKat is happy to publish the following guest post by Katfriend Andrea Rossi (LA&P), who reflects on the implications of the newly released “.gay” top level domain. Here’s what Andrea writes: Release of the new top level domain “.gay”: LGBTQ empowerment or undue exploitation? by Andrea Rossi The saga... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/cjeu-confirms-no-likelihood-of.html Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld a 2018 decision by the General Court (GC), in which it held that there is no likelihood of confusion between the word mark MASSI and a figurative sign containing the word MESSI. The latter sign was filed by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-valentino-by-any-other-name.html Kat friends Gretchen Su and Lee in Hae report on a recent case in Singapore dealing with the question that has vexed trademark practitioners for years (centuries?)—to what extent can personal names be used and protected? A recent opposition case, Valentino S.p.A. v. Matsuda & Co., heard by the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/can-academic-peer-review-learn.html All patent attorneys used to be scientists. Many of us hold a PhD. Working closely with scientists may lead us to wonder what life would have been like had we chosen to stay in science. However, for this Kat at least, nostalgia for the lab is quickly quashed by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/copyright-is-for-losers-and-so-are.html Can a sign representing an artwork be registered as a trade mark? Can trade mark registration be used to monopolize artworks? If so, can any such intention and behaviour be repressed? The answer to all these questions is in the affirmative, as Pest Control – a handling service acting... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/uk-ipo-call-for-views-ai-ip.html The UK Intellectual Property Office has announced a call for views on artificial intelligence and intellectual property. In particular, the UK IPO wants to hear about the implications that AI might have for IP policy, and, likewise, what impact IP might have on AI. The consultation closes at 11:45pm on... Continue reading
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