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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/can-academic-peer-review-learn.html All patent attorneys used to be scientists. Many of us hold a PhD. Working closely with scientists may lead us to wonder what life would have been like had we chosen to stay in science. However, for this Kat at least, nostalgia for the lab is quickly quashed by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/copyright-is-for-losers-and-so-are.html Can a sign representing an artwork be registered as a trade mark? Can trade mark registration be used to monopolize artworks? If so, can any such intention and behaviour be repressed? The answer to all these questions is in the affirmative, as Pest Control – a handling service acting... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/uk-ipo-call-for-views-ai-ip.html The UK Intellectual Property Office has announced a call for views on artificial intelligence and intellectual property. In particular, the UK IPO wants to hear about the implications that AI might have for IP policy, and, likewise, what impact IP might have on AI. The consultation closes at 11:45pm on... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/uk-patent-exams-essential-information.html The essential information for candidates of the UK patent exams has now been released. The information has been provided on the PEB website and can be read here. This information is likely to be the last official information candidates will receive from the PEB on how the exams will... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/nine-years-after-premier-league-v.html Football fans everywhere are still sipping their drinks in front of TV screens (featuring games in empty stadiums with fake crowd noises), waiting to be allowed into stadiums again. Watching the game with friends at a local pub is not quite the same as before, since patrons must worry... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/dutch-state-not-liable-for-incorrect.html The Court of Appeal (CoA) in the Hague recently handed down an interesting decision concerning liability of the Dutch government for statements by officials on the legality of downloading copyright content from illegal sources. The decision can be found here, and overturns a 2018 decision by the District Court... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/around-ip-blogs.html Soaking up the sun! It’s a sunny Sunday morning in South Africa, which means only one thing: it’s time to look at what happened in the IP world the past week! Patents Can an SEP holder like Nokia freely decide, without breaching its FRAND obligations, to whom in the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/patent-exploitation-competition-law-and.html The overlap of IP with competition law is not for the faint of heart (or mind). Kat friend Aditya Gupta reports on an interesting judgment from the High Court of Delhi in this regard. One of the thorniest ongoing issues in IP law is its overlap with competition law.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/friday-fantasies.html A grumpy cat ERA Conferences with 25% IPKat readers’ discount The Academy of European Law (ERA) have informed that their forthcoming autumn conferences will be held solely online due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. They are: – The Annual Conference on EU Trade Mark and Design Law 2020, on... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_11.html This Kat comes as a 2-for-1 deal As summer draws to a close, the IPKat continues to offer IP news and views. CopyrightPermaKat Eleonora Rosati gave an overview of the issues at play in AG Hogan’s advice to the CJEU to rule that disclosure of evidence containing protected content to... Continue reading
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