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Design reform reaches its finale: it is now Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 and Directive (EU) 2024/2823

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/design-reform-reaches-its-finale-it-is.html Yesterday, the EU design reform reached its final step: it was published in the Official Journal as Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 and Directive (EU) 2024/2823. This post analyses the main elements of the two acts. Background Foundations for the EU design system (as of now still covered by Regulation (EC)... Continue reading
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General Court on design law: Principle of unicity of design and no interpretation favourable to the holder

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/general-court-on-design-law-principles.html Had Oscar Wilde known about the importance of consistency in design protection, he might not have written “consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative”. In a recent decision, the General Court held that a violation of the principle of unicity can lead to the invalidity of a registered... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/sunday-surprises.html Another week comes to an end. Here are the latest IP reports and opportunities to find out about. As always, do not forget to check our Events page as well! A Kat reading a new IP report Publication WIPO’s 2024 World Intellectual Property Indicators WIPO has published the 2024... Continue reading
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UK Supreme Court finally issues ruling on “bad faith” trade mark applications in Sky v SkyKick

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/uk-supreme-court-finally-issues-ruling.html Just when this Kat thought she’d have to wait for her ninth life to see an end to the SkyKick saga, the UK Supreme Court finally handed down its judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd v Sky Ltd on Wednesday ([2024] UKSC 36). The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the appeal in part.... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_13.html Another week is in full (IP) swing. In the meantime, enjoy the latest weekly NTL post! Patents and AI Katfriend Peter Arrowsmith (GJE) reported on the results of the poll he had in his post three months ago regarding the Court of Appeal decision in Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and... Continue reading
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[GuestPost] How the European Patent Office uses AI to facilitate patent searches

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/guestpost-how-european-patent-office.html The AmeriKat has the t-shirt…now what? In a second of a series on AI and patents from our KatFriends at GJE, Kate Voller reports on a recent CIPA webinar with the EPO on how the EPO is leveraging AI tools in examination – with the key message of “assisting”, not... Continue reading
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Monday Miscellany

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/monday-miscellany_11.html There is no time to waste with so many opportunities and events in the IP field! Another (IP) week has begun and it’s time to catch up with the usual IPKat round-up of IP developments, events, and opportunities. As always, do not forget to regularly check our Events page as well.... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Muddying the waters of copyright – a rapid reaction to today’s IPEC decision which sees the sinking of the WaterRower’s claims for copyright protection

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/guest-post-muddying-waters-of-copyright.html This morning, after quite some time, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) rendered its decision in the WaterRower case, concerning a claim of copyright protection and infringement in an iconic rowing machine [for background, see IPKat here]. The response? Find out below in this guest post by Katfriends Phil... Continue reading
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Kärcher successfully enforces its abstract colour trade mark

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/karcher-successfully-enforces-its.html Decisions on the enforcement of abstract colour trade marks are rather rare. This is certainly due to the fact that obtaining protection for such marks is not easy in the first place. Colours are generally considered not to be inherently distinctive. As a consequence, trade mark protection for single... Continue reading
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AlphaFold: From Nobel Prize to drug-discovery gold mine?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/11/alphafold-from-nobel-prize-to-drug.html AlphaFold, a machine learning model for predicting protein structure, is arguably one of the greatest achievements of AI so far. Whilst large language models such as ChatGPT can write poems and make pretty pictures, AlphaFold has the potential to dramatically impact the life-and-death world of drug discovery. AlphaFold represents truly ground-breaking science... Continue reading