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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/when-is-text-intended-for-grant-not.html Recent Board of Appeal decision T 1003/19 poses a riddle: when is it not the intention of the EPO to grant the “text-intended for grant? Before the Examining Division (ED) grants a patent application, they send the applicant a copy of the text-intended for grant (“Druckexemplar”) (Rule 71(3) EPC). The text-intended... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/guest-post-fighting-for-your-ip-rights.html With thanks to Hanne Kirk and her team at Gorrissen Federspiel (Denmark): “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” – so were the words of Marcellus in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. He could have very well been speaking about the Danish court system in 2019. This may be stretching the point a bit, but the fact remains, nevertheless, that... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/2019-updates-to-epo-guidelines-for.html The updated version of the EPO Guidelines for Examination is now available (here). The new guidelines come into force on 1 November 2019. The guidelines, as the name suggests, are a guide to the current case law and practise of the EPO and are not legally binding (see IPKat... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/when-its-time-to-pay-for-copyright.html Kat friend Fredy Sánchez Merino brings us the following report on an interesting copyright development in Colombia. The Colombian Constitutional Court has issued a ruling (C-345-19) that recognizes the constitutionality of statutory damages for copyright infringement, which was included as part of the latest amendments to the national copyright... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/friday-fantasies.html This week, the blog has prepared a smorgasbord of Kat food delights. Some were already served in Tuesday Thingies. The rest is now being offered up in this delicious post. Events The 4th EU-China IP Academic Forum The Academic Forum will be held on 22nd October 2019 at Sede Universitaria... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/book-review-law-of-domain-names-and.html A Practical Guide to the Law of Domain Names and Cybersquatting by Andrew Clemson, Trade Mark Attorney and senior associate at Cleveland Scott York. There is growing concern around domain names and cyber squatting, as recognised in the 2018 World Intellectual Property Organisation report which demonstrated the increase in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/around-ip-blogs_10.html Autumn is here, and the IPKat found some stories that are more delectable than pumpkin spice lattes. Patent Not exactly famous for its IP prowess, the U.S. Supreme Court is stepping up its IP game this term. It is confirmed to hear a whopping six IP cases and considering... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Last week was definitely punctuated with a lot of developments in copyright law! If you missed out on some of these developments, as well as those in other areas of IP, never fear – Never Too Late is here! Copyright SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher reports on an injunction claim... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/book-review-digital-copyright-law-and.html Digital Copyright, Law and Practice by Simon Stokes offers a readable introduction to digital copyright and related areas such as moral rights, database rights and competition law. Simon Stokes is a partner at Blake Morgan and leads the firm’s technology practice in London, he specialises in information technology law, including outsourcing,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/gsk-fails-in-purple-inhaler-passing-off.html Lord Justice Arnold (as he now is) has handed down his customarily chunky judgment in the latest stage of “Purple Inhaler Wars” [ideas for a better name on a postcard, please] in Glaxo Wellcome UK Limited and Anor v Sandoz Limited and Ors [2019] EWHC 2545. This GuestKat finds the final... Continue reading
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