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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/freedom-of-expression-transcends.html Freedom of expression and IP: a happy relationship? The IPKat is delighted to host the analysis below by Thomas Key, a JD student at Chicago-Kent Law School, on the recent decision of the US Supreme Court in Iancu v. Brunetti. Here’s what Thomas writes: Erik Brunetti Freedom of Expression... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/event-report-second-ip-researchers.html The IPKat is happy to host this report prepared by Irene Calboli (Texas A&M University and Université de Genève) and Jacques de Werra (Université de Genève) on the conference that they have recently organized together with WIPO and WTO and that was held in Geneva in late June. Here’s what... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/join-uk-ipo-working-group-on-ip.html The UK Intelletual Property Office is looking for people with first-hand experience and/or a working knowledge of using the IP enforcement framework to protect their intellectual property to join their working group. The aim of the working group is to help the IPO to identify what issues rights holders and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/chanels-double-c-trade-mark-loss-in.html Recently, Chanel Co., Ltd. lost a trade mark infringement case regarding its ‘Double C’ logo in China. The full text of the decision can be visited via here (Google translatable).The case has has drawn wide attention and, mostly, negative comments. Does this seemingly-counterintuitive loss indeed, well, err? This Kat is... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/design-litigation-stats-from-english.html What do litigation stats concerning design rights tell us about the overall ‘health’ of this IP field? Katfriend Ewan Grist (Bird & Bird), who also blogs here, has analyzed English design decisions over the past 12 years and found that, overall, there is quite a lot for designers and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/south-african-ip-researchers-aiplitl.html Last week (1st and 2nd July 2019), the South African Association of IP Law and IT Law Teachers and Researchers (AIPLITL) held its 3rd Annual Conference at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The conference, with the theme “The IP and IT Law Innovation Interface” brought together researchers,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/thursday-thingies.html A shorter post this week, but still full of exciting opportunities! From a conference on the EPO’s Revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal to an interesting job listing at the Association of Commercial Television in Europe. The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) have an upcoming Legal... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/book-review-discount-code-history-of-ip.html A lot of books pass this keen-reading-Kat’s desk, but this one is a show stopper. I present to you A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects. This book is a master piece and I express my gratitude and awe to the editors – Claudy Op Den Kamp and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/why-is-there-less-innovation-blame-old.html In the immortal words of Pogo, the comic strip character created by Walt Kelly—”We have met the enemy and he is us.” This line has been used in a myriad of contexts, so permit this Kat to apply it to yet another one, the crisis in productivity and innovation.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/celebrity-misadventures-in-trade-mark.html In recent years, intellectual property rights have played a significant role in the growth of highly competitive global industries, like fashion and music. This is not to say the least in the United States, where both social media influencers and artists in the music industry have sought to register... Continue reading
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