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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/epo-declares-eeqe-format-went-very.html Last week the European Qualifying Exams (EQEs) for patent attorneys were held online for the first time. The EPO has now released a statement, declaring the digital EQE a “success”. The considerable achievement of getting the eEQE up and running in time for the exams this year should be... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/jeff-koons-loses-again-in-france-his.html A little over a year ago, The IPKat reported on the then fresh decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, which had upheld the decision at first instance in a copyright infringement case originally brought by the estate of photographer Jean-François Bauret against the well-known (also to copyright litigators) US artist... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/technologys-challenge-to-autonomous.html Never, it seems, has IP creation and invention ever been so concerned about their relationship to technology. For sure, copyright has always been dragged along by advances in the means of reproduction and distribution, from the printing press to the digital file. And, for sure, the metes and bounds... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/cjeu-rules-that-linking-can-be.html Can a rightholder restrict linking by contract, eg by imposing the adoption of technological measures? This, in a nutshell, is the core issue at the heart of the referral to the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in VG Bild-Kunst, C-392/19, which was... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/2021-us-copyright-compendium-series-2.html Last week, this Kat began exploring the most important revisions from the 2021 version of the Compendium of US Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition. The series began with a discussion of the Office’s expanded treatment of an otherwise scantly mentioned category of work, works of artistic craftmanship. This post... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/second-medical-use-dosage-regieme-claim.html The decision in T 0799/16 is a rare example of dose claim found both sufficient and inventive by the EPO Boards of Appeal. The claim was found to be sufficiently disclosed over the entire scope of the claim, despite the claimed treatment being shown as non effective in almost two thirds of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/around-ip-blogs.html Copyright Grumpy Cat, one of the world’s most famous cats, passed away in 2019 at the age of seven. Back then, some wise Kats already looked into the IP-implications behind the Grumpy cat’s story. Still, that 2019 post on the IPKat could report on only one court case at... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Let’s have a look at what the Kats were up to last week… PATENTS A very busy kat… The High Court decision in Illumina v MGI hit the IP headlines for its application of the Supreme Court decision in Regeneron v Kymab. Rose Hughes brought part 2 of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/guest-post-appeals-to-appointed-person.html The IPKat is delighted to welcome back Ian Gill, with his round-up of the latest trade mark registry appeals to the Appointed Person. A further 19 decisions have issued since the second article in this series and the success rate remains consistently low, with just two successful decisions in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/spanish-supreme-court-applies-cofemel.html Miguel Ángel Perera Díaz in a faena A bullfight (in Spanish: corrida; the final stages are called faena) is a contest that involves a bullfighter (a matador) and a bull, in which the former seeks to subdue, immobilize or kill the animal in accordance with a set of rules. The... Continue reading
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