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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/geographical-indications-less-is-more.html The more precise a geographical indication refers to a specific location, the less distinctive it seems to be, at least according to the case law of the General Court. This counter-intuitive result has been confirmed recently in invalidity proceedings concerning the trade mark ‘Hinterland’. Background On 9 September 2019,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/sunday-surprises_22.html The IPKat proudly presents the Kat news of the past week. WIPO Classification Helpdesk Having trouble with correctly classifying your goods and services in your trade mark application? Despair not! Contact WIPO’s new Classification Helpdesk instead. WIPO promises a rapid response, expert guidance and comprehensive support to get your... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/revocation-of-ice-eutm-thousands-of.html Proving genuine use of a trade mark is not necessarily an easy task. It is essential to exercise a certain degree of rigour when selecting evidence. On this very topic, this Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Board of Appeal (BOA) concerning the EUTM “ICE” belonging... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/guest-post-trade-mark-or-song-turkish.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Hatice İnci Turan (Gün + Partners Law Firm) on a recent decision of the Republic of Türkiye Court of Cassation concerning the registrability of sounds as trade marks. Here’s what they write:... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/participatory-research-and-joint.html One of the key ways in which African communities (whether geographically bounded or bounded by common interests) are addressing the challenge of the low-resource nature of their languages in the machine learning and natural language processing space is through participatory research and open licensing of African [language] datasets arising... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/participatory-research-and-joint.html One of the key ways in which African communities (whether geographically bounded or bounded by common interests) are addressing the challenge of the low-resource nature of their languages in the machine learning and natural language processing space is through participatory research and open licensing of African [language] datasets arising... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/guest-post-book-review-transboundary.html This book review of “Transboundary Heritage and Intellectual Property Law: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage”, by Patricia Covarrubia (Editor), is kindly provided by Katfriend Felicia Caponigri (Founder of Fashion by Felicia and Visiting Scholar at Chicago-Kent College of Law). Here is what Felicia has to say: When you grow up... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_18.html Here is the weekly Never Too Late post for you to enjoy, covering the latest IP updates. Copyright and Artificial Intelligence 📍Busan, Korea🐈 Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo reported on the conference ‘Digital Knowledge – The Library and Copyright in a Global Digital Economy’, which was held on 12 and 13... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/book-review-harmonizing-intellectual.html A meow-velous cover! This is a book review of “Harmonizing Intellectual Property Law for a Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Economy”, edited by Péter Mezei, Hannibal Travis, and Anett Pogácsás. The book employs comparative and analytical methods to explore the harmonization of intellectual property (IP) law within the Trans-Atlantic context, with a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/is-elton-confusingly-similar-with-elon.html When you read the names Elton and Elon, two prominent representatives of people bearing these names might come to mind. But is this association sufficient to exclude a likelihood of confusion? This question was answered by the Board of Appeal (‘BoA’) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (‘EUIPO’)... Continue reading
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