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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/reasons-for-eba-referral-on.html As recently reported here on IPKat, we are imminently expecting a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on the issue of using post-filed data to support plausibility for inventive step. The potential for a referral on this topic may have come as a surprise to some, given... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-global-innovation-index-gii-2021.html The 14th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) was released today. Published since 2007, the GII has been a useful source of analysis for measuring innovation. The GII 2021 was published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in partnership with the Portulans Institute and with the support... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-unified-patent-court-do-we-finally.html After the Order of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) dated 23 June 2021 (see here the IPKat post) it is now clarified that Germany is able to participate in the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) and the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the UPCA (the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat.html Patents PermaKat Annsley Merelle Ward informed about the UK litigation in Abbott v Dexcom, a patent dispute over glucose monitoring devices for diabetes. Abbott and Dexcom are currently in legal battlein US, Germany and the UK, each accusing the other of patent infringement and invalidity of the other party’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/around-ip-blogs_18.html This Kat is waiting watchfully What weekend could fail to be brightened by a jaunt around the IP blogs? Patents FOSS Patents published two articles on IP in China, one on a decision of the Supreme People’s Court affirming jurisdiction over global FRAND rates, and another on the country’s response... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/book-review-intellectual-property-law.html The first edition of Intellectual Property Law in China (IPLCN) was the first of a bunch of goodies this Kat enthusiastically gathered from the incomparable IP library of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI). It was published in 2005 – a bit aged – but it... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/dabus-ai-inventor-or-emperors-new.html The question of whether it should be possible to name artificial intelligence (AI) code as an inventor on a patent application continues to dog patent offices and courts around the world. However, despite the global attention on the so-called “AI inventor” patent applications, we are no nearer to understanding... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/fashion-law-londons-online-event-on_15.html Readers may be aware that, together with Giulia Gasparin, I am also currently involved in Fashion Law London, an initiative that was born in 2019 to create opportunities of study and discussion, mostly from an IP and IT law perspective, for all those interested in this emerging field of practice... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/long-awaited-changes-for-australian.html Differences in the treatment of design law across jurisdictions remain a fascinating subject. Kat friend, Dr. Tyrone Berger, reports on what he calls “long-awaited changes” to the design law of Australia. Australia’s Parliament has recently passed the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 to allow... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/eu-general-court-dismisses-sonys-gran.html As a computer and video game enthusiast, I could not help but notice that the EU General Court in a recent decision (T-463/20) dismissed Sony’s appeal against an earlier decision of the EUIPO Fourth Board of Appeal, which had upheld the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting Sony’s opposition against... Continue reading
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