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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/around-ip-blogs.html Soaking up the sun! It’s a sunny Sunday morning in South Africa, which means only one thing: it’s time to look at what happened in the IP world the past week! Patents Can an SEP holder like Nokia freely decide, without breaching its FRAND obligations, to whom in the... Continue reading
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Patent exploitation, competition law and the challenge of overlapping subject-matter jurisdiction

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/patent-exploitation-competition-law-and.html The overlap of IP with competition law is not for the faint of heart (or mind). Kat friend Aditya Gupta reports on an interesting judgment from the High Court of Delhi in this regard. One of the thorniest ongoing issues in IP law is its overlap with competition law.... Continue reading
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Friday Fantasies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/friday-fantasies.html A grumpy cat ERA Conferences with 25% IPKat readers’ discount The Academy of European Law (ERA) have informed that their forthcoming autumn conferences will be held solely online due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. They are: – The Annual Conference on EU Trade Mark and Design Law 2020, on... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_11.html This Kat comes as a 2-for-1 deal As summer draws to a close, the IPKat continues to offer IP news and views. CopyrightPermaKat Eleonora Rosati gave an overview of the issues at play in AG Hogan’s advice to the CJEU to rule that disclosure of evidence containing protected content to... Continue reading
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UK patent exams: FD4/P6 survey and model answers

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/uk-patent-exams-fd4p6-survey-and-model.html The UK patent exams are now fast approaching. Candidates are awaiting the “essential information for candidates” which is due to be released 1 month before the exams. With the first exam taking place on 12th October, we should therefore expect the information to be released by the start of... Continue reading
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UK trade mark registration denied for sign including ‘THE ROYAL BUTLER’, following opposition by Lord Chamberlain (on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/uk-trade-mark-registration-denied-for_9.html It seems like only yesterday [to this Kat at least] that the registration (and later withdrawal) of the ‘Sussex Royal’ trade mark was being discussed (see Katposts here and here). Along the lines of this, the UKIPO saw a similarly regal trade mark application opposed by the Lord Chamberlain, on behalf of Her... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Louis, the prince Patent The UK Supreme Court’s decision in Unwired Planet made it to the IPKat’s front page, with two dedicated posts. On the day of the ruling, GuestKat Leon Dijkman provided an overview of the ruling, outlining its main issues, including the fact that the UKSC has... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/sunday-surprises.html This Kat prefers Sunday snoozes Another week, another miscellany roundup. EventsOne of our SpecialKats, Dr. Hayleigh Bosher, is giving a 4IP Council webinar covering ‘What you need to know about copyright and music’ at 16:00 CET on 16 September 2020. Register here. The EUIPO’s 2020 Case Law Conference, rescheduled for... Continue reading
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Richard Meade QC appointed to the High Court

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/richard-meade-qc-appointed-as-justice.html The IPKat team (including Merpel) is delighted to congratulate Richard Meade QC on his appointment as a Justice of the (English) High Court. The appointment, announced earlier today, will take effect on Monday [no hanging about!]. There has been much speculation in the UK’s IP community regarding the identity of... Continue reading
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Around the Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/around-blogs.html This Kat seeks catnip on FRAND terms This week’s whistle-stop tour of the IP-blogosphere has a transatlantic character, with a Swiss patent litigation detour. Patents Last week brought widespread coverage of the the Supreme Courts of England and Wales’s decision in the case of Unwired Planet vs. Huawei and... Continue reading