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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html We have a lot to catch up on, don’t we? As the new year begins (and we return to the real world sans holiday spirit), take this opportunity to catch up on everything that The IPKat covered over the holiday period! Happy New Year! May 2020 be even better... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/ipkat-book-of-year-awards-2019-winners.html Thank you to those readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards. Here are the nominees and winners – Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention, by Derk Visser, Laurence Lai, Peter de Lange, Kaisa Suominen Patent Remedies and Complex Products... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/eu-general-court-assesses-whether.html Last month, the General Court of the European Union (GC) handed down the decision in case T-501/18 (not available in English). This decision concerns the validity of the word trade mark ‘Cinkciarz’ for goods and services in classes 9, 36 and 41 of the Nice classification for, among others,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-first-spotify-awards-and-role.html Spotify has announced the launch of its first awards. The ceremony will take place in Mexico City, the “world’s music-streaming mecca” [Merpel says, “Yes, it is true. See below.”].The Awards Life without music is not life! The Spotify Awards will be held on 5 March 2020, which will be... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-seek-to.html Last June, royal couple Meghan Markle and Prince Harry filed two trade mark applications with the UK Intellectual Property office (UK IPO) to have, respectively, “Sussex Royal” and “Sussex Royal The Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex”, registered as UK trade marks. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/how-much-trademark-protection-does-full.html Always tricky under trademark law is the treatment of full names. Kat friend Darryl Ho discusses how the matter was recently handled under the always interesting trademark jurisprudence in Singapore. When one uses a full name as a trade mark, to what extent can one rely on that name... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-kats-2019-copyright-awards.html The end of 2019 is upon us – a new year (and decade) of IP developments is fast approaching. Although the IPKat Team is getting some deserved rest these days (it is well-known that Kats spend most of their time asleep), it is again the time of The IPKat’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/until-when-can-patent-claims-be-limited.html The last days of the year offer the opportunity to look back to those court cases that will potentially have a lasting impact. While many of the 20+ decisions of the Swiss Federal Patent Court (and counting) issued in 2019 will have clarified and developed substantive points of Swiss... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/its-nearly-new-years-eve-why-tipsy-is.html Sometimes this Kat feels compelled to discuss trademarks other than in strictly legal terms. Several years ago he did so in explaining why “COFIX” was his trademark of the year. This time, however, he comes from the other direction: what happens when he finds a mark troubling, even if... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/english-high-court-dismisses-babybel.html Earlier this month, His Honor Judge Hacon (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) issued his ruling in Fromageries Bel SA v J Sainsbury Plc [2019] EWHC 3454 (Ch), confirming the ‘Babybel cheese’ 3D trade mark could not survive an application for a declaration of invalidity. Background Fromageries Bel SA (‘FBSA’) is... Continue reading
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