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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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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/eba-dodges-question-in-g121-vico-oral.html The EPO yesterday announced the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) decision in G1/21 (ViCo oral proceedings). The EPO press release can be read here. In what will be a disappointment to many, the EBA has limited its answer to the legality of mandatory oral proceedings during a period of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/conceptual-comparison-and-famous-names.html Readers may remember that, back in September 2020, the CJEU considered whether there was a likelihood of confusion where a mark being filed for registration was that of MESSI, renowned football player that everyone has heard of in one context or another (the existing mark upon which opposition was... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/court-of-appeal-grapples-with-us-v-uk.html Two paws for Autostore, one tail(not pictured) for Ocado Last week the Court of Appeal upheld a decision of His Honour Judge Hacon in Autostore v Ocado [2021] EWCA Civ 1003 where he refused an injunction to stop the use of materials in the US by AutoStores where Ocado contended... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/crt-and-heineken-amicably-end-their.html CRT (the Mexican Tequila Regulatory Council) announced that the legal dispute over the use of the word Tequila in Desperados beer has ended. In a video released on 13 July 2021, Miguel Ángel Domínguez Morales (President of the Mexican Tequila Regulatory Council) indicated that an amicable agreement had been reached... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/guest-post-general-court-of-eu-wanders.html The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post by Katfriend Frederic Blockx on yesterday’s interesting and important decision of the General Court in T-185/19. Here’s what Frederic writes: The General Court of the EU wanders into copyright law, and gets disoriented by Frederic Blockx No access for... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/ag-e-advises-cjeu-to-rule-that-article.html AG Saugmandsgaard Øe Is Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 (DSMD) compatible with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, notably its Article 11 and the principle of freedom of expression and information? According to Poland, the answer should be in the negative. Indeed, shortly after the adoption of the Directive... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/around-ip-blogs_01440639350.html This Kat is taking a moment to smell the flowers Sumer is icumen in, and so has this latest roundup of what’s new around the IP blogs. Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog published a summary of Article 17-related developments in the past year, which may be of interest to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/whats-point-of-trips-waiver-reply.html Murali Neelakantan and Siva Thambisetty respond to the post, “What’s the point of continuing a discussion on the unworkable TRIPs COVID-19 waiver proposal?”, written by Prashant Reddy T. and Yogesh Pai, which was published on July 13th. First, some introduction–On July 13th, a group of intellectual property academics and... Continue reading
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