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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/guest-post-retromark-volume-xiv-last.html If you are interested in trade mark law developments, you cannot miss the classic Retromark update. Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons presents the fourteenth volume in his rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. Heres’s what Darren writes: Retromark Volume XIV: the last six... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/venice-court-on-balsamic-vinegar-and.html By decision of 19 December 2023 (not appealed), the court of first instance of Venice ruled in favour of the Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena (Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, “the Consortium”) against two Italian companies for acts of unfair competition due to the breach... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_29.html If you were too busy enjoying the opening ceremony and first days of the 2024 Olympic Games, then join this Kat in reading the summary of what you missed on The IPKat! Trade Marks Gif by Riana Harvey Marcel Pemsel reported on the recent decision of the Higher Regional... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/sunday-surprises.html With the summer season heating up, the IPKat brings news of the latest IP events and opportunities! Chief of the Digital Trade and Frontier Technologies Unit at WTO. Let the summer begin! The World Trade Organization seeks to recruit the Chief of the newly created Digital Trade and Frontier... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-simple-math-of-adidas-v-nike-two.html There is no doubt that the threes stripes of adidas are a famous trade mark. The simplicity of the sign brings challenges and raises the questions of its scope of protection. The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf had to decide whether five different trousers from Nike with different stripe... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/happy-30th-birthday-eu-plant-variety.html The EU Regulation on Community plant variety rights is celebrating its 30th birthday today! This is a significant milestone for the Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994, also known as the “Basic Regulation,” which established the unitary intellectual property right for plant varieties. An important birthday A Kat... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/guest-post-fanatics-about-trade-mark.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Kimberley Evans (Pearce IP) regarding a recent Australian decision concerning inter alia the honest concurrent use and own name defences under Australian trade mark law. Here’s what Kimberley writes: Fanatics about trade mark infringement, cancellation... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/upckat-upc-court-of-appeals-pi-ruling.html As part of our UPCKat reporting on the latest UPC developments, the IPKat continues its series of reports that analyze the development of preliminary injunction case law from the UPC. With our guest UPCKat team in the form of guest UPCKats Agathe Michel-de Cazotte, Hiske Roos and Laura Mikkelsen and members from the team at Carpmaels we... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/book-review-enforcing-intellectual.html What better way to start the summer than by reading an intellectual property book. This time, this Kat had the opportunity to review Jane Lambert’s book “Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights: A Concise Guide for Businesses, Innovative and Creative Individuals”, published earlier this year in its latest edition. Structure of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/07/guest-post-germany-house-of-birkenstock.html Hopefully not standing on sweaty 🤢 Birkenstocks The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Henning Hartwig (Bardehle Pagenberg) on the ‘House of Birkenstock’ and the various IP rights they tried over time, including trade dress law, design law, and copyright law, with... Continue reading
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