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Beijing Internet Court: whether a short video is original or not has nothing to do with its length

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/beijing-internet-court-whether-short.html Do you have TikTok on your phone? Well, this Kat does – only, she has the Chinese version: Douyin (‘抖音’, which literally means ‘shaking sound’). Launched in September 2016, Douyin rapidly gained huge popularity. By December 2018, Douyin had 250 million average daily active users and 500 million monthly... Continue reading
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Tuesday Thingies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/tuesday-thingies.html Keep your eyes wide open – more events are still to come! Intellectual property law elicits the organisation of so many interesting events and lectures that it is sometimes hard to keep up. So, here is a special Tuesday Thingies miscellany post, solely dedicated to events coming up soon!... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/never-too-late.html Hope this Never Too Late post is not too late. Here come all the posts contributed by the Kats two weeks ago. Copyright Eleonora Rosati reports the judgement in Google v CNIL, C-507/17, in which the CJEU rules that in ‘right to be forgotten’ cases, a search engine cannot... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Can the Government Get Your Copyright? The Supreme Court of Canada Says “Yes”.

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/guest-post-can-government-get-your.html This Kat found it quite fascinating when she saw last week that Canada’s Supreme Court ruled on the question of whether the Government of Ontario, Canada owned copyright in a work created for someone else (home owners, developers and other private citizens who commission surveyors), but used by a... Continue reading
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Have Associated Newspapers made a Royal error publishing Megan Markle’s private letter?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/have-associated-newspapers-made-royal.html Meghan Markle, Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday and its parent company Associated Newspapers, after they published a private letter from Meghan to her father earlier this year.In a press release, the lawyers for The Duchess of Sussex said that they have... Continue reading
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Industry takes stance on automatic patent injunctions as German Ministry of Justice considers reform of the patent law

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/industry-takes-stance-on-automatic.html As some readers may know by now, this Kat spends a large part of his time thinking about injunctions in patent law. It seems he is not alone: the issue is an increasingly hot topic in Europe. A particularly exciting development in this regard is the announcement by the... Continue reading
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We all recognize the mark “Uber”, but is it a strong brand?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/we-all-recognize-mark-uber-but-is-it.html What do we make of a mark that has broad name recognition but struggles commercially? Stated otherwise, what is the relationship between trademark awareness and brand strength? Take the case of the Uber company: Is the “Uber’ mark widely recognized? The answer is– “yes”. Is “Uber” a strong brand?... Continue reading
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BREAKING: CJEU rules that an intermediary can be ordered to remove content identical and equivalent to that found illegal, also worldwide

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/breaking-cjeu-rules-that-intermediary.html Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek How far can the removal obligations of an online intermediary go without breaching the no general monitoring obligation in Article 15 of the E-commerce Directive? Can an intermediary be ordered to remove content worldwide? And what can be the personal (original user and other users) and material... Continue reading
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US House Judiciary Committee votes to amend small-claims copyright bill (CASE Act) as Senate Judiciary issues favorable report on the bill

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/us-house-judiciary-committee-votes-to.html Nearly two months ago, this Kat excitedly reported that the US Senate Judiciary Committee had voted to report a small-claims copyright bill (the CASE Act) to the Senate without amendment. The bill stems from an extensive report by the US Copyright Office considering the establishment of a copyright small-claims... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/around-ip-blogs.html … And just like that, September is over! In this jumbo edition of Around the Blogs, we take a look at some interesting stories from the IP blogosphere at the end of last month. Patents Oh Canada! Patent law changes are coming to Canada on October 30th, and IPWatchdog... Continue reading