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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/belarus-files-two-belarusian-pgis-for.html Often lurking outside the spotlight of EU IP law, Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs) and Protected Designations of Origin (PDOs) pose their distinctive set of legal requirements. When you add to this an application from a non-EU country, you get the following. This Kat got nostalgic Belarus has recently applied... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/tuesday-wonders.html New InterKat Speaking of Tuesday Wonders, Merpel and the rest of the Kats are delighted to welcome Giorgio Luceri, as a new InternKat for the next six months. Giorgio is currently working as a trainee at Noerr in Alicante (Spain) in the Intellectual Property and Media Department. ... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/patenting-antibodies-epitope-claim-is.html Antibodies may be defined in a patent claim by their amino acid sequence or by the sequence of the target (epitope) to which the antibody binds. Historically, epitope claims were relatively common in the field of antibody patents, as they represented a way of broadly protecting any antibody that... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/around-ip-blogs.html As good Kats, we are always paying attention to our surroundings. Come with this Kat for a stroll around this week’s posts from IP blogs. Copyright A Kat walking and enjoying its freedom. This week, a controversy involving a famous Hollywood actor damaging one of Banksy’s artworks has taken... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/whittakers-forced-to-gin-and-bear-it-as.html Kat friend Becky Knott reports on a decision by the UK IPO that reminds us of the famous observation by former US President Bill Clinton, “It’s the evidence, stupid.” As a fan of gin, this guest Kat could not help but notice a recent decision of the UK IPO... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/why-developing-countries-are-woefully.html Kat friend Roya Ghafele offers a challenging analysis of why (the lack of) IP protection for harm reduction technologies is contributing to the rise of smoking in the developing world. Though global public health governance has taken strides against smoking in recent years, the epidemic persists, and nearly 8... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/basmati-rices-eu-trade-mark-application.html A few weeks back, this Kat wrote an article about a case which relied on the UK law of passing off in a UK trade mark infringement claim. This time, we have a look at a case which relied on UK passing off to oppose an EU trade mark... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/guest-post-ip-entering-metaverse.html The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post by Katfriend Nick Kempton (Osborne Clarke) on videogames, IP, and the .. metaverse. Here’s what Nick writes: IP entering the Metaverse by Nick Kempton Fortnite’s own Kat By now most will have heard of the ‘metaverse’. Announcements such as... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/guest-post-conference-report-fashion.html A few days ago, Fashion Law London held another (online) event – this time focussed on the role of online retail marketplaces. Katfriend Emily Nuttall-Wood (Deloitte Legal) has sent this report: Conference report: ‘The Fashion Marketplace: Law and Policy’ by Emily Nuttall-Wood Having found the insights shared at Fashion... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/to-be-or-not-to-be-pattern-mark-that-is.html With apologies to Hamlet–when is a mark a pattern mark? Kat friend Jan Jacobi reports on recent cases on this challenging issue involving efforts by Birkenstock to register such a mark. To be a pattern mark: EUIPO v. Birkenstock Birkenstock is the proprietor of a national German mark (see... Continue reading
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