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Falling between the cracks: The challenges of patent strategy for stem cell therapies (T 1259/22)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/falling-between-cracks-challenges-of.html Cell therapy is a highly innovative therapeutic strategy that uses living cells to combat disease. Cell therapy strategies include stem cells for tissue regeneration and repair, immune cells engineered to combat cancer and genetically edited cells for the treatment of genetic disorders. Drug products composed of populations of living... Continue reading
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[UPCKat] UPC asserts its jurisdiction in parallel patent proceedings in Mala v Nokia dispute

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/upckat-upc-asserts-its-jurisdiction-in.html One of these things looks like the other…. The UPCKat team is back covering an order which saw the Paris Central Division foraying into the wonderful world of EU regulations, namely Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (recast), to determine whether it had jurisdiction when there were parallel German proceedings pending... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_20.html If you missed out on The IPKat during your summer holidays and want to catch up on some IP news or discover exciting opportunities and events, then join this Kat for a summary of what you missed. Geographical Indications Anastasiia Kyrylenko commented on the Munich’s Higher Regional Court’s decision in the... Continue reading
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OLG Munich decides on GI’s generic character and exploitation of GI reputation in the Habana II case

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/olg-munich-decides-on-gis-generic.html The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has recently denied the request for appeal against the ruling of the Munich’s Higher Regional Court (OLG Munich) in the Habana II case (6 U 120/22). This has prompted this Kat to comment on the OLG Munich’s ruling in Habana II, which... Continue reading
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INTA, MARQUES and OMV v CJEU, General Court and BoA – The trade mark battle of the year?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/inta-marques-and-omv-v-cjeu-general.html When two heavyweights such as INTA and MARQUES enter the ring and file statements in intervention with the General Court, you can bet that the case is interesting. INTA and MARQUES are doing nothing more than challenging the consistent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU... Continue reading
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OpenAI’s granted large language model (LLM) patents

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/openais-granted-large-language-model.html OpenAI’s approach to IP is often cited in the tech industry as an example of a radically new approach to IP. OpenAI has the reputation for protecting its innovations through the use of trade secrets as opposed to patents. However, it appears that this characterisation of OpenAI’s strategy is years... Continue reading
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Life Sciences Patent Network (LSPN) returns to San Francisco with 15% discount for IPKat readers

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/life-sciences-patent-network-lspn.html The Katfriends at Newton Media wish to inform that the well-reputed and -attended Life Sciences Patent Network (LSPN) North America Fall 2024 conference is returning to San Francisco (CA, USA) on 15 and 16 October 2024. As explained by the organizers, LSPN Fall is the premier life sciences-focussed patent... Continue reading
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Tuesday Tiddlywinks

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/tuesday-tiddlywinks.html Summer may finally have arrived in the UK, but there is no slow-down in IP news and events. Take a look at current and future IP-related activities below, and do not forget to regularly check The IPKat Events page. Soaking up the rays Jobs and opportunities WIPO Young Experts Program: The WIPO... Continue reading
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Is the Community design the little sister of copyright?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/is-community-design-little-sister-of.html The Court of Justice of the EU (‘CJEU’) found in its Cofemel judgment (case C-683/17, IPKat here) that the protection of designs, on the one hand, and copyright protection, on the other, pursue fundamentally different objectives and are subject to distinct rules. As the Advocate General observed, […], the... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_12.html If you had a busy week or were away on holiday, no worries! Join this Kat for a quick weekly catch-up. Patents Rose Hughes analysed T 1057/22 concerning the second medical use of a fish oil and juice emulsion to treat cancer. The patentee’s (SmartFish) claim covered the therapeutic... Continue reading