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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/golden-globe-statuette-2018-denied.html Long time readers of the IPKat may remember a while back, when the Academy logo (featuring the Oscar statue silhouette) was denied copyright registration. The US Copyright Office concluded that the logo was a derivative work of the Oscar statuette and did not possess the requisite authorship to sustain a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/long-walk-to-copyright-reform-pt-3-what.html The window for stakeholders and interested parties to make written submissions in response to the invitation of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry in South Africa regarding certain clauses of the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) closed earlier this month on 9 July 2021. As previously indicated here, South... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/medicines-directive-interpreted-by-cjeu.html Marketing authorisations (MA) and their legal status have become increasingly interesting for anyone working in the medicinal products area. The recent CJEU ruling on July 8th in the case C-178/20 Pharma Expressz (find here), is especially so. There, the CJEU brings further clarification to the provisions of the Medicines... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/is-mocca-in-class-30-generic-in-china.html What does the term ‘MOCCA’ evoke in your mind, a kind of coffee or a specific brand? This Kat randomly asked this question to her friends currently at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Munich. Most of them regarded ‘MOCCA’ as a kind of coffee instead of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_25.html The Tiroler Adler may fly, but the Tiroler Katze prefers to snooze The IPKat served as a platform for reporting and debate on a range of topics last week, not least through the range of guest posts published. Copyright PermaKat Eleonora Rosati reported on the publication of AG Øe’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/sunday-surprises_25.html Conferences, webinars On September 10-11, the University of Pavia will organise the AIDA 2021 Conference, ‘General Clauses and intellectual property’. The event will be held online and participation is free of charge. For the full programme and registration details, see here. On September 17, 24, and October 1, the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/guest-book-review-copyrighttrademark.html Katfriend Dr Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in IP, IT & Media law at the University of East Anglia and author of The Parody Exception in Copyright Law (OUP 2019), provides the follow review of The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection is Stifling Cultural Creativity – by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/book-review-research-handbook-on.html At first glance, this book might easily be overlooked. The title’s suggestion of legislative reform processes could scare off readers. Because the editors are US-based scholars and the EU’s quaint spelling of “trade mark” is not used in the title, non-American readers might think the book is not for... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_18.html Patent The breaking news last week was the German Constitutional Court’s decision to reject the constitutional complaint against the Unified Patent Court (UPC). GuestKat Léon Dijkman analysed this decision to see whether there is still a future for the UPC. Rose Hughes commented on the recent hearing in G1/21... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/elucidating-economics-of-music.html Following the #BrokenRecord and #FixStreaming campaigns, the UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee launched into an inquiry into the impact of music streaming on artists, record labels and the sustainability of the wider music industry. [Katposts here.] Over 200 pieces of written evidence were submitted, and further witnesses were... Continue reading
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