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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/highlights-from-new-epo-guidelines-for.html The updated EPO Guidelines for Examination will enter into force on 1 March 2024. A draft version of the Guidelines can be previewed here. The main updates this year reflect the recent decisions from the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G2/21 (Evidence standard for inventive step/plausibility) and G 1/22 (Entitlement to priority).... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/guest-post-copyright-as-movable.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams, PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/cloudflare-liable-for-copyright.html After the German Supreme Court set a high bar for obtaining a website blocking order against Internet service providers in DNS-Sperre (IPKat here), the Higher Regional Court of Cologne dealt with the question whether the provider of DNS resolver and CDN services can be liable for copyright infringement if... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/this-is-book-review-of-research.html This is a book review of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights, curated by Ysolde Gendreau (Université de Montréal, Canada), provided by Francesca Mazzi, Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law at Brunel University London. Here’s what she has to say: They say don’t judge a book by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/european-parliament-votes-to-exclude.html The European Parliament has voted to ban patents for gene-edited plants. The vote related to an amendment of the European Commission’s proposed legislation seeking to relax the regulatory rules on gene edited plants. The EU parliamentary vote is not legally binding, and has no immediate effect on the patentability... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/traditional-knowledge-on-agenda-for-2024.html From a long-awaited WIPO Diplomatic Conference, to the debates about the Traditional Knowledge Bill in India, and the release of new guidelines on the use of traditional knowledge in Australia, this year may prove the busiest yet for the relationship between intellectual property and traditional knowledge. This Big Kat... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_10.html If you’ve been tied up with other things this week, not to worry, here’s your wrap-up of the IP news. Trade Marks and GIs A Kat all wrapped up. Image from Pixabay. Alessandro Cerri discussed a recent decision from the High Court of England & Wales, which found that the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/eu-general-court-provides-noah-with-arc.html In a recent decision (T-562/22) on genuine use of a registered EU trade mark in respect of clothing, the General Court of the European Union (the Court) found that use in a slightly altered form (adding a “Y” in capitals) still constituted genuine use of the mark as registered. Background... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/friday-fantasies.html The IPKat brings you information regarding happenings in the world of IP this week: Events 2024 WIPO Global Awards WIPO announced the call for entries for the 2024 WIPO Global Awards, open from January 15 to March 31, 2024. This year, the competition welcomes startups, alongside small and medium-sized... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/ipkat-event-announcement-re-discovering.html IPKat copyright event on 14 March: you can attend in person … In late 2023, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales issued its judgment in THJ v Sheridan [2023] EWCA Civ 1354. Ruling on whether copyright would subsist in certain graphic user interfaces (GUIs), Lord Justice Arnold... Continue reading
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