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IP Law Summer School also returning this year (online and with a special IPKat readers’ discount)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/ip-law-summer-school-also-returning.html (The computer room at) Downing College in Cambridge Readers of The IPKat will be well acquainted with the IP Law Summer School, which Informa traditionally organizes within the beautiful premises of Downing College in Cambridge (UK). This year, for obvious reasons and for the first time, the IP Law... Continue reading
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[Guest post] “The art is the wall”: Picasso, Nesjar, and the moral rights of the artists in Oslo’s Y-Block

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/guest-post-art-is-wall-picasso-nesjar.html The IPKat is happy to host the following guest blog post by Mira T. Sundara Rajan on recent developments in Norway, which raise some intriguing questions concerning copyright’s moral rights. Here’s what Mira, who would like to thank Beatrice Ignacius (for her outstanding research assistance with Norwegian law) and... Continue reading
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[Guest post]: COVID-19 accelerates the need for SMEs to leverage their IP assets

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/guest-post-covid-19-accelerates-need.html The impact of COVID-19 on intellectual property has been discussed in Kat posts here. Another important perspective to consider is that of SMEs. Béatrix de Russé, Former Vice President Worldwide IP and Licensing at Thomson/Technicolor, Member of the IP Hall of Fame and Member of the 4iP Council Advisory... Continue reading
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(Live) streaming of sound recordings in Kenya: what is the appropriate question?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/live-streaming-of-sound-recordings-in.html Last week, Kenya’s copyright regulatory authority, Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) issued a clarification on the issue of rates payable and responsibilities of Disc Jockeys (DJs) for streaming recorded music on digital platforms. KECOBO provided its own take on how much DJs and/or owners of business premises that play recorded... Continue reading
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Book review: The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/book-review-cambridge-handbook-of.html The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti, edited by Enrico Bonadio (City University of London), is the first book to bring together a comprehensive analysis on the issues of copyright and street art, providing a timely volume of various perspectives. Graffiti has taken on a new... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Digital Culture – Wave 4 of 6 Report by Intellectual Property Office released

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/guest-post-digital-culture-wave-4-of-6.html The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend John Shaw (Blake Morgan), tackling the content of the recent report on ‘Digital Culture’ prepared by the the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in collaboration with the Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre led by Nesta. Here’s what John writes: Digital Culture... Continue reading
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When the trademark was unregistered but whose goodwill was not unloved in a successful opposition

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/when-trademark-was-unregistered-but.html A trade mark registration is certainly a nice thing to have, but it is not a prerequisite for mounting a successful trade mark opposition. Kat friend Chia Ling Koh describes an interesting recent example, Florian Mack v Golden Cala Trading EST [2020] SGIPOS 5, a matter brought before IPOS,... Continue reading
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No longer Merck-y – High Court determines issues remitted by Court of Appeal in Merck trade mark dispute

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/no-longer-merck-y-high-court-determines.html Another week, another English High Court decision in a long-running trade mark dispute. This time it was Merck KGaA v Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp and Ors [2020] EWHC 1273 (Ch), regarding issues remitted by the Court of Appeal back in November 2017 [fun fact: also the month that... Continue reading
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First-ever Chinese civil code adopted at national legislature: no ‘IP section’, yet still relevant

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/first-ever-chinese-civil-code-adopted.html On 28 May 2020, the long-awaited civil code of China (CCC) was passed by the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) and will take effect on 1 January 2021. The full text of the CCC (in Chinese, pdf version) can be downloaded here; the English translation is not available yet. reading. 🐈Created by artistic... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_31.html If you missed some of the IPKat news last week, don’t worry, we have you covered! Fudge!? Can I eat it? PATENTS Looking for a beautiful example of legal fudge? Look no further – the Enlarged Board of Appeal’s (EBA) decision in G3/19 is such. Rose Hughes reported on... Continue reading