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AG Szpunar advises CJEU to rule that car leasing companies are not ‘users’ that provide a communication to the public

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/ag-szpunar-advises-cjeu-to-rule-that.html Back in 2018, The IPKat reported that the Swedish Supreme Court had asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to clarify the scope of the right of communication to the public in Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29 (InfoSoc Directive) and Article 8(2) of the Directive 2006/115... Continue reading
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Book review: The Innovation Society and Intellectual Property

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-review-innovation-society-and.html This Kat is very glad to add The Innovation Society and Intellectual Property to her EIPIN collection – a book series carried out under the auspices of The European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN). This latest volume is edited by Prof. Josef Drexl (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition) and... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] IP Education Series #4

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/guest-post-ip-education-series-4.html New year, new installment of the IP Education Series! (Previous posts: Intro, #1, #2, and #3) This guest post, by Professor Dinusha Mendis, illustrates where the minds of IP and engineering students meet with fantastic results! Over to Dinusha: Learning from each other at University – when IP law... Continue reading
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The United Kingdom will not transpose the DSM Directive

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-united-kingdom-will-not-transpose.html The IPKat has just learned that, currently, UK Government has no plans to transpose the recently adopted Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790 [Katposts here] into its own legal system. As it can be read on parliament.uk, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Chris Skidmore, has... Continue reading
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The Swedish Patent and Market Court issues its first dynamic blocking injunction

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-swedish-patent-and-market-court.html Kat friend Hans Eriksson discusses a recent decision from Sweden on the timely issue of blocking injunctions. Over the last few years, blocking injunction jurisprudence has become one of the more interesting issues of copyright law. Kat readers may recognize the flexible and powerful blocking orders recently issued by... Continue reading
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The right of the public to access documents v the right to confidentiality for marketing authorization (MA) documents: Transparency wins out in yesterday’s CJEU rulings

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-right-of-public-to-access-documents.html The CJEU delivered two rulings yesterday ( January 22, 2020) in the cases of PTC Therapeutics International v EMA case (C-175/18 P) and MSD Animal Health Innovation and Intervet International v EMA case (C-178/18 P). Read them hereand here! These two rulings are of particular interest since the CJEU was for... Continue reading
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No Music Is “Free of Broadcasting Rights”, French Court Rules

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/no-music-is-free-of-broadcasting-rights.html In the world of music licensing, a cautionary tale was recently told by the French Cour de Cassation involving background music, a carpet store and collective management societies. Musicmatic France (now Storever France) is a company providing “audio concepts for higher customer satisfaction”, a.k.a. background music in stores. The... Continue reading
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Book Review: Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property in Central and Eastern Europe

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-review-cambridge-handbook-of.html Baba Yaga enjoying the fruits of privatisation image source: Reddit History has thrown a lot at Central and Eastern Europe. In the last 200 years, this region saw the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire, endured continued regional conflicts, gave Communism a go, and experienced some of the most violent... Continue reading
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Tuesday Thingies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/tuesday-thingies.html Feeling the January blues? Let the IPKat spice up your life with events and opportunities. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Leeds Are you an outstanding individual with expertise in intellectual property law and the ambition to contribute to the further development of the School’s Centre... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_20.html It seems the world of IP has officially got back into the swing of things after the winter break, with new cases of 2020 starting to emerge that The IPKat is all too keen to keep you up-to-date with! But, before we do that… On the lookout for the... Continue reading