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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/around-ip-blogs_16.html Trade marks SpicyIP blog looked at collective marks in India. According to the author’s research, collective marks in India are often registered without a thorough examination. As a result, many are not compliant with the requirements... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/sunday-surprises.html Getting ready forthe week ahead… Planning your week ahead? Don’t forget to add a few events…Webinars Cohausz & Florack is hosting “Life Sciences 4.0 – IP protection in Europe for Digital Innovations in the Life Sciences” on 24 August 2021. The webinar will consist of two parts. In the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_11.html This Kat finds IP riveting No matter when you get round to it, it’s never too late to catch up with the IPKat. Copyright Ahead of the DSM Directive transposition deadline of 7 June, PermaKat Eleonora Rosati reported on the key highlights of the European Commission’s newly-issued Guidance on... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-eu-general-court-on-relative.html On 21 April 2021, the EU General Court issued its ruling in Chanel, T‑44/20, ECLI:EU:T:2021:207, concerning the relative grounds for refusal established in Articles 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of previous Regulation No 207/2009 (now Articles 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001). The action for annulment was brought by Chanel before... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guest-post-will-social-media-change.html This guest post is brought to you by Simone Mallett-Forde, a former athlete, University of Guelph Political Science graduate, Brunel Law School alumni, who recently completed the LLM LPC with Distinction at BPP University. She is an aspiring solicitor with hopes to focus her career in the sport, technology,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-star-trek-may-be-contributing-to.html The Star Trek series seems, well, galaxies away, from our struggles with COVID-19. Until it isn’t. Consider the following. The Star Trek series was singular in multiple ways, not the least its contribution to our cultural lexicon: “Go where no man [later: “no one”] has gone before”, here; “Beam... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guest-post-retromark-volume-ix-last-six.html Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons presents the ninth volume in his rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. Retromark Volume IX: the last six months in trade marks by Darren Meale This volume was due a few months ago, but then my son was... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_6.html Patents GuestKat Rose Hughes has been untiring in documenting how using video conferencing (ViCo) in oral proceedings of the EPO’s Board of Appeal has been unfolding [see the bottom of this post for the full list of The IPKat’s posts on the topic]. Last week, Rose reported that the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/commission-unveils-article-17-guidance.html Today, after several months of waiting and with the deadline for the national transposition of the DSM Directive being just a weekend away (it will be on Monday, 7 June), the European Commission has issued its Guidance on the application of Article 17. Here are 3 key highlights: Article 17... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/book-review-trans-pacific-partnership.html This Kat is delighted to review “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade in the Pacific Rim”, by Matthew Rimmer (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, 616 pp). The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was a mega-regional agreement, which involved 12 negotiating states, including the US. After the US withdrew from the negotiations,... Continue reading
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