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Can states pirate works without paying? The potential grounds for abrogation of state sovereign immunity in copyright

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/can-states-pirate-works-without-paying.html Of all the matters before the Supreme Court this term, this Kat is anxiously awaiting an opinion in one pirating case: Allen v. Cooper. The case concerns the validity of the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act (CRCA) (1990), a bill that abrogates state sovereign immunity with respects to copyright infringement.... Continue reading
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The Top Ten Highlights of China Copyright in 2019

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-top-ten-highlights-of-china.html Since 2009, every year the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) solicits nominations from all sectors of society for ‘The Top Ten Highlights of China Copyright’. On 11 February, the NCAC announced the ten winners for 2019 (see Katpost on the result of 2018 here). 1. Significant achievements in combating... Continue reading
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‘Big Horn’ signs infringe Red Bull’s EU trade marks, says England and Wales High Court

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/big-horn-signs-infringe-red-bulls-eu.html One of the ‘Big Horn’ signs in question Like many a world renowned brand, Red Bull has inevitably faced difficulties on the trade mark front, both in the registration and maintenance of its marks (see here), and in its opposition of ‘similar’ marks for which registration has been sought.... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Event Report: Multi-sided Music Platforms and the Law (Book Launch)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/guest-post-event-report-multi-sided.html Last week, the South African Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development (the IP Chair) hosted the official book launch for my new book, Multi-sided Music Platforms and the Law, at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town. The event consisted of a “fireside chat” between me... Continue reading
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Does ‘Delta’ really denote distinctiveness? The General Court gives its judgment in Case T-387/18

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/does-delta-really-denote.html Delta Sport’s logo The General Court of the EU (‘the Court’) recently (13 February 2020) issued its judgment in Case T-387/18 Delta-Sport Handelskontor GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Background The case concerned an application to register a figurative trade mark in relation to Classes 9, 10, 18, 20,... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_18.html If you missed the IPKat posts from last week, here comes a recap! While you were sleeping Patents GuestKat Rose Hughes covers the latest instalment of the dispute over the CRISPR gene-editing patent (T 844/18). The Broad Institute, CRISPR patent owner, is apparently preparing to file a petition requesting... Continue reading
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II International Congress on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: In search of a legal framework to foster innovation in Europe

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/ii-international-congress-on-artificial.html The Foundation for Research on Law and Business (FIDE, acronym in Spanish) is organizing the “II International Congress on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property”, under the coordination of Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, Professor Aurelio López-Tarruella and Professor Manuel Desantes Real. The theme of this year’s international congress is “In Search of a... Continue reading
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A copyright Snafu in the making?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-copyright-snafu-in-making.html Are A&R scouts in the music industry next in the growing list of humans whose jobs are shortly to be appropriated by machine learning? Snafu Records seems to think so. Snafu, which is backed by various music industry bigwigs, claims to have developed an algorithm that finds new music... Continue reading
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[Guest post] New empirical research on Intellectual Property Litigation and Platform Regulation

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/guest-post-new-empirical-research-on.html The IPKat is happy to host this guest contribution by Prof Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, University of Glasgow): New empirical research on Intellectual Property Litigation and Platform Regulation by Martin Kretschmer CREATe, the UK Copyright and Creative Centre based at the University of Glasgow, is presenting new empirical research in... Continue reading
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Call for WIPO Indigenous Fellowship Program

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/call-for-wipo-indigenous-fellowship.html The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is calling for Expression of Interest for its Indigenous Fellowship Program. The program was launched in 2009. It is part of WIPO’s series initiatives seeking to involve indigenous people in the work carried out by the organization with the goal, inter alia, of... Continue reading