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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/copyright-exceptions-and-fair-use.html Regency era Kat“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”. While this might have been engraved in the minds of many during Jane Austen’s times and still hold true to some more or less enlightened... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/guest-post-dutch-court-grants-pan.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following contribution by former GuestKat Jan Jacobi and Katfriend Margot Vergeest (both BarentsKrans) on a recent Dutch decision that has acknowledged copyright protection in the famous Tripp Trapp children chair and granted a pan-European injunction against a similar chair... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/cjeu-no-time-limit-for-invalidity-based.html Art. 9 of the Second Trade Mark Directive (Directive 2008/95 (‘TMD’); now Art. 9 of Directive 2015/2436) and Art. 61 EUTMR require the owner of an earlier trade mark to take action against the registration or use of a later mark within a period of five years after obtaining... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/katcall-reminder.html The deadline for submissions to the openings for GuestKats and InternKat positions (as announced here) is approaching. Those interested must submit their complete applications no later than Friday, 8 August (midnight GMT).Complete applications must contain CV details, interest in IPKat, and a 400-word writing sample (or a link to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/g-124-in-spotlight-description.html The EBA decision in G 1/24, on the role of the description in claim interpretation, left a key question unanswered. Whilst the description must always be “consulted” following G 1/24, does this mean that a definition in the description can or should be used to override an otherwise clear... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/guest-post-enduring-importance-of.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Daniel J Gervais (Vanderbilt University) on the World Trade Organization (WTO) recent arbitration award in China — Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. Here’s what Daniel writes:The enduring importance of territoriality in patent rights –... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/why-patents-matter-understanding.html We love all things patents on IPKat. However, we nonetheless understand that patents are not an end in themselves. The purpose of patents is, of course, to protect the market for a product. Within this context, pharmaceuticals is perhaps the industry in which the relationship between patents and commercialisation... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/wednesday-whimsies_23.html Sunbathing position required to secure the perfect tanWhile summer and summer holidays are in full swing in the northern hemisphere, IP news and opportunities never go out of office. Here’s a fresh selection for Readers interested in new IP engagements, events and calls for papers/abstracts.Katcall reminder: Openings for GuestKats... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/tote-bags-at-dawn-bona-vacantia-trade.html A very IPEC decision (i.e. remarkably complex, colourful, and fairly low value) was handed down last week in Courtnay-Smith & Anor v The Notting Hill Shopping Bag Company Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 1793 (IPEC). It concerns tote bags and the Portobello Road market. It carries some interesting points, relevant to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_22.html Dive into the latest intellectual property updates with the IPKat!Copyright and Trade marksOur dedicated Kat, hard at work sifting through the latest IP news!Katfriend Daphne Singer reported on a new lawsuit filed in New York by Epoch Company, owner of the SYLVANIAN FAMILIES/Calico Critters doll brand, alleging copyright and trademark... Continue reading
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