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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/never-too-late-in-case-you-missed-ipkat.html It’s starting to feel like Spring now. Here’s what you missed from the IPKat last week: Book reviews Hayleigh Bosher reviewed the third edition of International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond, by Sam Ricketson and Jane Ginsburg. Copyright Image by Riana Harvey Anna... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/saturday-sundries_18.html Here are the latest opportunities and events to find out about. A Kat waiting for a new conference to attend Events 23 March 2023: “Understanding best practice for intellectual property contract terms” The University of Sheffield School of Law is organising a workshop led by Dr Alison Slade (University... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/book-review-guidebook-to-intellectual.html This is a review of Guidebook to Intellectual Property (seventh edition) authored by Sir Robin Jacob (8 New Square and UCL, Matthew Fisher (UCL) and Lynne Chave (UCL). A discount for IPkat readers has kindly been provided by the publisher, please see below for the code. Kat approved This... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/breaking-news-mr-justice-mellor-hands.html Mr Justice Mellor has today handed down the judgment in Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND trial [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat) determining that the FRAND royalty to be paid by Lenovo to Interdigital for a license to their SEP portfolio is $138.7 million. The FRAND trial was part of the six trials between... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/are-eu-gis-truly-unitary-right.html In early March, this Kat had the pleasure of attending a round table on EU geographical indications (GIs) law under the auspices of European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA). At the round table, the speakers discussed the upcoming legal reform, the definition of “evocation”, as well as the conflict between... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/generative-artificial-intelligence-us.html On 21 February 2023, the US Copyright Office (USCO) issued a decision further to a request to register Zarya of the Dawn, a graphic novel that includes images created with the assistance of Midjourney, a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) system. The case In September 2022, Ms. Kristina Kashtanova applied... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/epo-tries-to-have-its-cake-and-eat-it.html The recent decision in T 0169/20 draws together two threads of Boards of Appeal case law on the relationship between the claims and description of a patent. The decision directly addresses the question of the role of the description in interpreting the language of the claims. The answer to this question... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/when-is-design-dictated-by-its.html Designs are meant to protect the appearance of a product or a part thereof. Patents protect technical innovations. In order to demarcate both IP rights, Art. 8(1) of EU Regulation No. 6/2002 (‘Design Regulation’) stipulates:– A Community design shall not subsist in features of appearance of a product which... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/book-review-international-copyright-and.html This is a review of the third edition of International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond, by Sam Ricketson (Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) and Jane Ginsburg (Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia Law School). With sixteen... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/saturday-sundries.html A new miscellany post brings to your attention the following opportunities in the field of IP law. Scholarships Image by Pixabay The Organisation of the Iberian-American States (OEI) is offering 4 scholarships for postgraduates and 1 for a researcher on intellectual property law. The scholarships are addressed at people... Continue reading
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