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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/monday-miscellany.html Food, Food, Food! Just keep calm ! Here comes delicious Katfood! Events Workshop ‘The new Copyright Directive: what opportunities for cultural heritage institutions?’ The Center for Intellectual Property Policy and Management, Bournemouth University, will host the workshop, the key theme of which is Article 8 of the newly adopted... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/comments-from-epo-president-on.html One of the more early awaiting referrals before the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA), is G 1/19, relating to the patentability of computer-simulated methods (IPKat post here). The referral has already attracted a large number of amicus curiae from interested parties, including CIPA, EPI and AIPPI. IPKat will review these observations... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/an-inappropriate-use-of-discretion.html The revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) will come into force on 1 January. The EPO asserts that the purpose of the revised rules is to increase the efficiency of the Boards of Appeal so as to reduce the appeal case back-log. Towards this purpose,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_13.html Summer in Europe is fast passing by. However, it is ‘never too late’ to catch the latest posts on this blog. Copyright In ‘YouTube takes copyright law into their own hands with new policy on music infringement‘, SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher discusses the new copyright policy created and implemented by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/article-3a-just-keeps-on-giving-ag.html The Advocate General (AG) has issued his opinion in SPC Referrals C-650/17 (Royalty Pharma) and C‑114/18 (Sandoz). Both referrals seek clarification over whether an SPC may be granted to a specific, individualised, embodiment of the product claimed by the basic patent. The referrals particularly relate to the correct interpretation... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/tempting-to-trade-mark-olympics-beware.html Tyrone Berger reports on attempts to register the mark “Pierre de Coubertin” (think Olympic Games). With several attempts to trade mark the name of the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, Dutch-based Tempting Brands is on track to clash with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Going... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/breaking-cjeu-rules-that-only.html Copyright in designs: what are the relevant requirements for protection? Is it compatible with EU law that a certain national law requires a design to be a ‘work of art’, an ‘artistic creation’ for copyright to vest in it? This, in a nutshell, was the twofold issue at the heart... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/breaking-cjeu-confirms-that-german.html Readers with an interest in related rights, especially those in favour of press publishers, will know not only that there is now an EU-wide right for press publishers (Article 15 of the DSM Directive), but will also remember that its national predecessor – ie the German related right in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-ipkat-cannot-register-igp-for-paint.html Kat readers familiar with geographical indications (GI) may primarily think of cheese, wine or bakery products when discussing this topic. One of the peculiarities of the (recently revised) Swiss legislation on protected designations of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indications (PGI) is the possibility to register a geographical indication... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/voice-overs-peer-to-peer-recruitment.html This Kat has previously discussed the potential (negative) impact of online peer-to-peer recruitment platforms on intellectual property rights (see here and here). Remember peer-to-peer recruitment platforms? They are online platforms that operate like ‘Uber’. But instead of arranging taxi rides, they broker the commissioning of bespoke creative content, such... Continue reading
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