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AIPPI UK Event Report: Roundup of 2022’s Patent Cases

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/04/aippi-uk-event-report-roundup-of-2022s.html The AmeriKat hunkering down to a belatedChristmas meal of kibble Back in the dark depths of January, the great, the good and the cold of patents practitioners were invited to gather at Hogan Lovells’ London office to attend the AIPPI’s annual patent round-up. Andrew Lykiardopoulous KC and Henry Edwards... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Virtual wars: Exploring legal boundaries in the gaming world

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/04/guest-post-virtual-wars-exploring-legal.html The IPKat has received and is please to host the following contribution by Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Paul Sina (both Gorrissen Federspiel Denmark) concerning IP and gaming. Here’s what they write: Virtual wars: Exploring legal boundaries in the gaming world by Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Paul Sina The... Continue reading
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‘FUCKING AWESOME’ not protectable as an EU trade mark

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/04/fucking-awesome-not-protectable-as-eu.html The internationally recognised test for registerability of a trade mark is distinctiveness. The legal bases are Art. 6quinquies B. (ii) of the Paris Convention and Art. 5(1) of the Madrid Protocol for the member states of these international treaties. However, the threshold for what constitutes distinctiveness varies. While the... Continue reading
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Germany’s Federal Court of Justice applies CJEU Cofemel guidance, considering it ‘clear’ that works of applied art are to be treated like other works and no new CJEU referral is needed

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/04/germanys-federal-court-of-justice.html What are the requirements for protection of a work (defined in accordance with Levola Hengelo: IPKat posts here) under EU copyright? As early as Infopaq (Kat-10th anniversary post here) it became clear that not only should there be an EU-wide approach to the foundational requirements of copyright protection but... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Nigerian’s new Copyright Act 2022: how libraries can benefit

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/04/guest-post-nigerians-new-copyright-act.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host a guest contribution by Desmond Oriakhogba on the new Copyright Act 2022 signed into law by Nigeria’s President. Here’s what Desmond writes: Nigeria’s new Copyright Act 2022: how libraries can benefit by Desmond Oriakhogba Background In October 2021, I wrote about... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/04/sunday-surprises.html Image by Inge Wallumrød Another week is just about to start. If you are looking for events to attend, do take a look at the list below! The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) is organizing a series of events over the next... Continue reading
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Never too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_29.html If you missed last week’s posts, it’s not too late to catch up. Copyright Chijioke Okorie reported that Nigeria amended its Copyright Act to ratify outstanding copyright treaties. The Copyright Act 2022 is aimed inter alia at protecting the rights of authors and providing appropriate limitations and exceptions to... Continue reading
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Genuine use and the principle of permissible alterations

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/genuine-use-and-principle-of.html Using a trade mark in its registered form is the safest way to establish genuine use, should it become necessary. However, brands develop over time and their presentation can change, the key driver usually being updating of the sign. Using the mark in a form differing from the registered... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/sunday-surprises.html We’re almost at the end of March now. Here are the latest events and opportunities. Calls and opportunities Bill Cornish Memorial Fund A fund to support doctoral researchers in intellectual property at University of Cambridge has been established in honour of Bill Cornish, a seminal figure in establishing... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Expected introduction of a full patent examination in Switzerland: Opportunity or burden?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/guest-post-expected-introduction-of.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host a guest contribution by Daria Bohatchuk (University of Basel) on the upcoming Swiss patent reform. Here’s what Daria writes: Expected introduction of a full patent examination in Switzerland: Opportunity or burden? by Daria Bohatchuk The patent law revision is currently... Continue reading