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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/aippi-congress-report-3-brexit-ip-in.html A view from the Mary Quantexhibition at the V&A On Monday evening, the Victoria & Albert Museum saw over two-thousand attendees pour through its marble and tiled halls for AIPPI’s Cultural Evening. IP lawyers from across the world enjoyed access to the V&A’s incredible temporary and permanent exhibitions including... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/aippi-congress-report-1-art-of-ip.html Readers will have not missed that last week London hosted the AIPPI Congress in the politically charged climes of Westminster. The AmeriKat was frantically pouncing from one event to another, all while moving house. Thus the IPKat was unusually quiet during this Congress. But now that the dust (literal... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/aippi-congress-report-2-trade-secrets.html View from one of the Congress’sconference rooms overlooking Westminster Abbey Having benefited from a beautiful opening weekend, it was only fitting that the rain came on Monday to give AIPPI Congress attendees a taste of “real life” in London. During the afternoon, as rain speckled against the windows of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/is-article-3-of-regulation-ec-4692009.html The interpretation of article 3 (a) of the Regulation (EC) 469/2009 concerning the Supplementary Protection Certificates for medicinal products (the “SPC Regulation”), has been in the center of attention for courts (including the CJEU) and for SPC enthusiasts alike. The recent AG Opinion in C- 650/17 (Royalty Pharma) and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/guest-post-introduction-to-ip-education.html The IPKat is excited to welcome the following series of blog posts on IP Education initiatives. We’re kicking off the series with an introduction from Ruth Soetendorp, providing a flavour of the upcoming posts and where we’re looking for your participation and feedback. Without further ado, it’s over to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/ipec-refers-unregistered-design.html His Honour Judge Hacon has referred to the CJEU two important questions of unregistered Community design (UCD) law. In Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company v PMS International Group plc [2019] EWHC 2419 (IPEC), the Claimant (BHTB) seeks to enforce its registered Community designs, UCDs and copyright in design drawings in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-paper-what-does-european-commission.html What happens behind the scenes? In the IP field, the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has gained increasing centrality over time. In certain instances, the Court has even pushed harmonization beyond the very wording of relevant EU directives and contributed substantially to shaping... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-cofemel-decision-well-beyond-simple.html G-Star Elwood,a style of jeans that G-Star claimsCofemel to have copiedin the background Portuguese proceedings As announced on The IPKat, last week the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its much awaited judgment in Cofemel, C-683/17 [not yet available in English]. It ruled that, as far as designs... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/who-owns-copyright-in-ugandas-national.html Between the Ugandan government, which organised a contest for the composition of the national anthem and the late Professor Goerge Kokoma who composed the winning entry adopted as the national anthem, who owns copyright in the Ugandan national anthem? This is the principal question that the Ugandan Court of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_17.html The past week brought several notable CJEU decisions as well as an abundance of other interesting articles – if you missed it, you can catch up on all of the posts of the Kats in this edition of Never Too Late! Copyright –Several breaking news articles on recent CJEU rulings and... Continue reading
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