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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Another week, another edition of Never Too Late! Last week brought plenty of posts from Kats and Katfriends alike. If you missed them, don’t worry – we will make sure you are caught up on all of the action! Copyright Looking back on another week of interesting IPKat news!... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/discussion-point-does-processing-of.html While drafting and negotiating technology agreements, this Kat increasingly comes across an inconsistent interpretation of General Data Protection Regulation as it pertains to the determination of data processing roles when personal data is limited to login credentials, such as person’s name, login identifier and email address, which are necessary... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/sublicensing-considerations-in-software.html Sublicensing has become increasingly prevalent against the backdrop featuring a diverse IPR spectrum that subsists in a licensed work, a variety of business models and use cases (internal use, production/testing environment, (non)commercial use, etc.), complex organisational structures of the involved entities, multiple proprietary interests, geographical scope and so on. Sublicensing may... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/oxfirsts-4th-symposium-on-ip-and.html Kat friend Joan Ng brings us the following report on a recent symposium on globalization and FRAND that took place at Oxford. On Oct 18th, IP Economic advisory OxFirst hosted a symposium on the interplay between globalization and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing, held at St Cross College,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/thursday-thingies.html Trick or treat? It’s always a treat with The IPKat! Here is some delicious Katfood to enjoy. Halloween-appropriate Kat rendition Conferences and Events IP Inclusive events The IP Inclusive will host the following events in the next few months. All these events are free of charge and open to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/competition-law-in-pharmaceutical.html Brussels in December Those working in the pharmaceutical field often come across issues at the crossroads between IP and competition law. Our friends at Informa are organizing a 1-day event to discuss the latest developments in the field of competition law as applied to the pharmaceutical sector. Held in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/breaking-board-of-appeal-provides-some.html An interesting update in the progress of the CRISPR/Broad Institute appeal (T0844/18) has reached this Kat’s fluffy ears. As previously reported on IPKat, oral proceedings are scheduled for 13-17 January 2020. The Board of Appeal (BA), 3.3.08, has now issued a communication summarising the issues that will be discussed... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/book-review-global-genes-local-concerns.html Biobanks, defined as “structured collections of biological materials and associated data, stored for purposes of present and future scientific research” [see inside this book for more definitions, in particular in chapter 2], have become an essential tool in in life science research. The use of biobanks poses technological, ethical,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/around-ip-blogs_29.html The IPKat took a lovely autumn stroll around the internet and saw some wonderful things. Patent How to gently tell a passionate entrepreneur his invention might be “obvious”? IP Watchdog published a practical post on explaining the intricate patent prosecution to non-lawyers. The new Turkish IP Law, which came... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/guest-post-fashionlawldn-autumn-winter.html A few days ago, the second fashion law event of Fashion Law London, an initiative of which I am part, took place in London. Gemma Louise Nimmo, a future trainee solicitor at CMS, was also there and now reports on what happened that day. Over to Gemma: In the... Continue reading
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