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A performance review: is copyright doing its job in the music industry?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-copyright-performance-review-is.html Yesterday, this Kat posted an overview of artist’s arguments being heard at the economics of music streaming Inquiry by the UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. There was a lot to say about equitable remuneration, transparency, copyright assignment returns, and playlisters. Turns out I’m not done… In this... Continue reading
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Artists speak out at the UK Economics of Music Streaming Inquiry

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/artists-speak-out-at-uk-economics-of.html Artists have spoken out about the inequity of the music streaming business model. Artists including Ed O’Brien (Radiohead), Guy Garvey (Elbow), Tom Gray (Gomez), Nadine Shah, Fiona Bevan, Soweto Kinch and even Songwriter, producer and artist, Nile Rodgers have all given evidence in the UK government inquiry. Today, Led... Continue reading
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Have you considered the effect of Brexit on the territorial scope of a trademark license?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/have-you-considered-effect-of-brexit-on.html This Kat promised himself that he would not offer any public thoughts about trademarks and Brexit. On the other hand, he had devoted several years to penning a treatise on trademark licensing. So, what happens when Brexit (“mum is the word”) meets trademark licensing (“the more the merrier”)? Maybe... Continue reading
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Chappelle’s Show on Netflix – the unforgiving tension between an artist and the creations he does not own

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/chappelles-show-on-netflix-unforgiving.html Darnell Rawlings and Dave Chappelle “171212-F-NK396-001” by Official U.S. Air Force is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 “Boycott me!” is not a typical refrain for an artist, or indeed anyone. Yet, that is the request that Comedian Dave Chappelle made to his fans. In a stand-up performance entitled Unforgiven, which... Continue reading
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“What, there was a mark on goods in the container?”: Loosening the trademark liability of a freight forwarder

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/what-there-was-mark-on-goods-in.html Should knowledge of an alleged trade mark infringer matter for trade mark infringement liability? This question is especially acute when goods pass from hand to hand in a chain of distribution. Kat friends Beatrice Wee and Hong Qibin examine the case of Burberry Ltd v Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Study on Trends and Developments in Artificial Intelligence: Challenges to the IPR Framework

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/guest-post-study-on-trends-and.html On 25 November 2020, the European Commission announced the new Action Plan on Intellectual Property, which inter alia highlights the importance of addressing the challenges and opportunities offered by new technologies such as AI “to increase the effectiveness” of the IP system. In this context, The IPKat is pleased... Continue reading
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CJEU assesses the scope of ‘genuine use’ and considers that the resale of vehicles and replacement parts thereof amounts to ‘genuine use’

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/cjeu-assesses-scope-of-genuine-use-and.html Does the resale of vehicles and replacement parts thereof amount to genuine use of a trade mark under Article 12(1) of Directive 2008/95/EC (the former Trade Mark Directive) [now Article 19 of Directive 2015/2436]? Is there genuine use – pursuant to that same provision – when the trade mark... Continue reading
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[Event Report] SIPLR Conference – IP in the Digital Environment

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/event-report-siplr-conference-ip-in.html This Kat was lucky to attend (and be on the panel of) this year’s Stockholm IP Law Review annual conference, which invites prominent speakers in the IP field to discuss current issues of importance. This year’s topic was ‘IP in the Digital Environment (a topic that was certainly of... Continue reading
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Blockchain Standard for IP Offices: The WIPO Blockchain Projects

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/blockchain-standard-for-ip-offices-wipo.html The most recent developments in the WIPO Blockchain projects are described by Kat friend Dr. Julia Hugendubel. Blockchain technology has, not surprisingly, drawn the interest of WIPO, which established the Blockchain Task Force in October 2018, led by the intellectual property offices of Australia and Russia. Despite the challenges... Continue reading
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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2020

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/ipkat-book-of-year-awards-2020.html Back by popular demand, it’s time to nominate your favourite IP books of this year! Despite the horror that has been 2020, the IP community has continued to produce books for us, to keep us busy throughout lockdown, many of which have been reviewed for you by the IPKat.... Continue reading