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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/reader-discount-on-cup-ipkat-book-of.html Following the announcemet of the nominations and winners of the 2019 IPKat book of the year awards here, Camrbidge University Press have kindly offered to provide IPKat readers with a discount on their titles that were included. Each of the following winning and nominated titles are now available for IPKat readers... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/friday-fantasies.html There is a lot to cover in this week’s Friday Fantasies: events, calls for papers, IP news … Let’s get straight into things! Events UCL IBIL Courses for Winter & Spring 2020 The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law recently announced its courses for Winter and Spring 2020.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/ag-campos-in-brompton-bicycle-advises.html Is a functional shape eligible for copyright protection under the InfoSoc Directive? This, in a nutshell, is the intriguing issue that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been asked to address in Brompton Bicycle, C-833/18. As readers might guess, the shape at issue in this... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/supporting-europes-innovative-smes.html Not all IPKat readers may be aware of the European Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk. The European IP Helpdesk provides free-of-charge, first-line support and information on all matters related to IP management. By registering a free account on its website, users can get in touch with a Helpline team to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/book-review-licensing-and-access-to.html This Kat is happy to provide a review of Licensing and Access to Content in the European Union, Regulation between Copyright and Competition Law by Sebastian Felix Schwemer, University of Copenhagen. Copyright is territorial – but is the internet? No, answers Sebastian Felix Schwemer who says that... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/when-cybersquatting-renders-contract.html Kat friend Mervyn Cheong discusses a recent decision from Singapore that considered the interesting legal question of the relationship between cybersquatting and contract enforceability. Can a finding of cybersquatting impact the enforceability of a contract? In a case of first impression in Singapore, the Singapore High Court has answered... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/google-does-not-communicate-to-public.html The crust crux of this case between Mr Wheat and Google, was about jurisdiction, served with a side of communication to the public… Ingredients It’s the yeast I could do… !Eric Adamshick Mr Wheat hired Monaco Telecom for website assistance and hosting in 2007 relating to his website theirearth.com.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/gantry-gate-have-your-say-in-mercer.html The UK patent attorney exam P6/FD4 (Infringement and validity) has a notoriously low pass rate. The problem with P6/FD4 is not merely that it is a difficult exam. P6/FD4 causes controversy because, despite the protestations of the Patent Examination Board (PEB), some believe that P6/FD4 fails to assess a candidate’s fitness... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/around-ip-blogs.html A lot certainly happened last week! With articles on topics including AI, trade mark infringement, (*whispers* and Brexit), let’s take a trip around the IP blogosphere. Trade Marks In a post on the JIPLP blog, Carina Gommers and Eva de Pauw provided a preview of their article on liability... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/guestpost-natural-persons-have-monopoly.html Your AI overlords demand to berecognized… Oh, inventorship and AI. As much as Crispr has been preoccupying the IP agendas of IP conferences the last couple of years, inventorship and AI looks to be taking its place. The IPKat has also been a fan of the topic (see Kat... Continue reading
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