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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/uk-government-responds-to-dcms-music.html Readers will no doubt be aware of the recent UK Economics of Music Streaming Inquiry by the Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee [Katposts here], which investigated the impact of music streaming on artists remuneration, as well as other issues around the fairness and sustainability of the wider music... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/guestpost-opinion-skirting-frand.html Merpel wonders where we are headed on the FRAND licensing level debate, and who is in the driver’s seat? In courtrooms across the globe, arguments continue to rage as to the extent of an SEP owner’s FRAND undertaking. In exchange for getting their technology incorporated into a standard (meaning that, if... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/ag-hogan-advises-cjeu-to-rule-that.html Kat cloud Does the private copying exception and, with it, the fair compensation requirement under Article 5(2)(b) of the InfoSoc Directive apply to reproductions carried out by using cloud-based recording services? If so, can rightholders request the providers of such a service to impose a levy even if their... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/new-zealand-gold-kiwifruit-returns-to.html Kat friend Doug Calhoun reports on the complicated follow-up to the New Zealand case of infringement of gold kiwifruit. In a previous post, this blogger described how a plant variety right for a gold kiwifruit variety in New Zealand had been infringed by a rogue grower. In that decision,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/sony-vita-mark-loses-out-in-genuine-use.html Genuine use poses a unique quandary for trade mark owners when raised in revocation proceedings. Not only does the trade mark owner bear the burden of producing evidence to establish such use, but the trade mark owner should know that the ‘reputation’ of the mark does not mean that... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/aippi-event-report-lord-justice-birss.html The AmeriKat enjoying her fullyremote existence… Last week, the UK Group hosted the latest in their remote series of events with Lord Justice Birss looking to the future of civil justice. The AmeriKat was elsewhere in the remote universe, but was lucky to have guest Kat, Anna Duch (Bristows) on... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/authorship-of-photographs-and-ownership.html The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria. The decision... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/patentee-doublethink-in-regulatory.html The US Courts of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) found in Belcher Pharmaceuticals v Hospira, Inc that a formulation patent was unenforceable in view of inequitable conduct, in the form of contradictory submissions to the patent office and the regulatory agency (FDA) by the patentee. The case serves to highlight the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/ipkat-in-conversation-with-tim-moss-ceo.html This Kat was delighted to have the opportunity to chat with Tim Moss, Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO), on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). Hayleigh Bosher: One of the IPO’s key priorities in its Corporate Plan is to understand the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/eras-autumn-events-coming-up-with.html Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier, Germany are always busy organizing new conferences and events. Among the IP-focused ones, ERA’s Autumn calendar features 3 conferences for which IPKat readers can register by claiming a 25% discount in the registration fee by using... Continue reading
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