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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Let’s catch up with the IPKat’s whereabouts… Time to catch up! PATENTS The referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G1/21 relates to the legality of conducting Board of Appeal oral proceedings by Video Conferencing without the consent of all parties. The rapidly scheduled public hearing will... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/around-ip-blogs.html This Kat is feeling wistful With temperatures heating up for Northern Hemisphere Kat friends, why not stay cool and take a look around the IP blogs? Copyright Ahead of the 7 June transposition deadline, the Kluwer Copyright Blog assessed Italy’s ongoing efforts to implement the CDSM Directive. CREATe (University of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/reference-to-hybridoma-does-not-limit.html Antibodies were recently awarded their own section in the latest EPO Guidelines for Examination (IPKat). This reflects that the complex and specific case law pertaining to antibody inventions. One such complexity are the provisions provided for the definition of an antibody by reference to a deposited hybridoma (Rule 31 EPC).... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guest-post-copyright-gunfight-at-ok.html Can fictional characters be protected by copyright? This is a question that is both intriguing and difficult to answer, as the variety of tests adopted by courts in different jurisdictions also demonstrates. The Rome Court of First Instance has recently had to tackle this question, as Katfriends Fabio Ghiretti... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/around-ip-blogs_30.html Patents Lvcentinvs discussed at length a recent decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court, where the rules for calculating the term of protection for patents and utility models have been changed. The decision in question declared as unconstitutional the rule, whereby the term of protection is calculated from the grant... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-surprises_30.html This Kat is feeling summery What Kat reader could resist the siren call of assorted miscellany? Webinars The Competition Law Association is holding three upcoming webinars: Analysing Algorithms: new frontiers in anti-trust, 3 June. What IP Practioners need to know about Competition Law, 15 June. Navigating Competition Law Issues... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has decided to reschedule oral proceedings for G1/21 due to a procedural technicality. The referral concerns the legality of conducting Board of Appeal oral proceedings by Video Conferencing (ViCo) without the consent of all parties. However, the substantive issues in the referral were... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/guest-post-repeat-filings-after.html The beauty of the law is that different views are always possible. So, when Tobias Cohen Jehoram (Erasmus University Rotterdam and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek) and Irenah Klink (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek) reached out saying they had different views to those expressed in a recent Katpost covering the General Court... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/book-review-routledge-handbook-of-eu.html The Routledge Handbook of EU Copyright Law is edited by our very own perma-Kat Professor of Eleonora Rosati, who (in case readers didn’t already know) is Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University, Guest Professor at... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/guest-post-de-minimis-uses-and-german.html As readers may know, Germany passed their implementation of Article 17 of the Digital Single Market (DSM) Copyright Directive on Thursday 20th May 2021. This new copyright legislation is controversial and has potentially dramatic implications for copyright users, rightsholders and platforms. As such, I am extremely grateful to our friend... Continue reading
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