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[Guest Post] Sisvel v Xiaomi, SEPs and the importance of declarations of essentiality

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-post-sisvel-v-xiaomi-seps-and.html Katfriends Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Luke McDonagh (London School of Economics) kindly provided the following post on a recent decision by the District Court of the Hague in the ongoing patent battle between Sisvel and Xiaomi [here, prior Katposts on the preliminary injunction proceedings here and... Continue reading
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Guest Book Review: European Court Procedure

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-book-review-european-court.html European Court Procedure: A Practical Guide by Viktor Luszcz (previously Référendaire at the General Court of the EU, and currently a Member of the Budapest Bar) aims to provide a comprehensive reference tool for practising lawyers, offer guidance to national judges dealing with cases raising points of EU law and... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_15.html This Kat is extending the paw of regional and global cooperation Last week was a busy one for the world at large, though perhaps not so much for the IPKat. Nevertheless, here’s what happened. Trade Marks Halloween may be over for another year, but the search for so-called zombie... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/sunday-surprises_15.html Me, myself and I IFIM events The Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt/Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is organizing a series of online events in the following two months: Global Mandatory Fair Use on 24 November 2020 – Speaker: Prof Lionel Bently (University of... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/around-ip-blogs_15.html A lot has happened in the IP world the past week and this Kat brings you all the highlights… Catching up on some IP news! Patents The “Code on the Amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Some Other Laws” entered into force in Turkey recently.... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] ‘Grand rights’ of great importance: copyright on the big stage

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-post-grand-rights-of-great.html The IPKat is delighted to host another guest post from Hanne Kirk and her team at Gorrissen Federspiel in Denmark, this time on the Byzantine world of grand and small rights in musical works. ‘All’ means ‘all’… doesn’t it? In Denmark, the general opinion has long been that assignment... Continue reading
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Autumn fashion law and IP events

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/autumn-fashion-law-and-ip-events.html Autumn is usually both a very busy time of the year and, as nature shows us, a season of change. So it seems highly appropriate to also use this period to keep busy with some IP events and learn about recent changes and developments. Below is a series of... Continue reading
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Book review: Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-review-enforcement-of-intellectual.html Africa is a continent with 54 countries. These 54 countries come with distinct and diverse legal systems and rules. As a consequence, understanding and following developments on law and practice in Africa can be an uphill task even for a field like IP law that ‘enjoys’ the benefit of... Continue reading
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SIPLR Event: IP in the Digital Environment

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/siplr-event-ip-in-digital-environment.html Since its creation in 2018, the Stockholm Intellectual Property Law Review (SIPLR) has held an annual conference, inviting prominent speakers in the IP field to discuss current issues of import. This year, this Kat is delighted to be involved in its organisation as Co-Chief Editor of SIPLR, alongside Kats... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_8.html One cat leads to another Patents GuestKat Léon Dijkman analysed the decision of the Hague Court of Appeal in Eli Lily and Company v. Fresenius Kabi Nederland B. V. involving an infringement claim of Eli Lily’s pemetrexed patents. This decision sets out the Dutch approach to the doctrine of... Continue reading