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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift’s copyright dispute

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/guest-post-navigating-high-notes-taylor.html The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Caroline Theunis (Bar of the Province of Antwerp) on the copyright troubles of music superstar and copyright-savvy artist Taylor Swift. Here’s what Caroline writes: Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift’s copyright dispute by Caroline Theunis Cardigan, IPKat-style Rumor... Continue reading
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First substantive decision of the UPC Court of Appeal overturns preliminary injunction in NanoString v 10x Genomics (UPC_CoA_335/2023)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/first-substantive-decision-of-upc-court.html In its first ever substantive decision, the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) in Luxembourg has reversed the preliminary injunction ordered against NanoString by the Munich Local Division in 10x Genomics v NanoString (IPKat). The first instance decision was hailed as a clear sign that the UPC is seeking to establish itself... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_19.html If you were too busy last week to keep an eye on the IP news, here’s the summary of the stories you overlooked: Trade Marks Keeping an eye on the IP news.Photo from SamMino via Pixabay. This Kat outlined the recent judgment in Société Civile et Agricole du Vieux Château Certan... Continue reading
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Discrepancies in the description should be amended in line with the claims, but do not affect interpretation of the claims (T 0447/22)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/discrepancies-in-description-should-be.html T 0447/22 is another addition to the debate over how much the description of a patent should be used to interpret the claims. The case considers two issues that may soon be referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA): claim interpretation and adaptation of description. The Board of... Continue reading
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Book review & discount code: Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/book-review-discount-code-copyright-and.html This is a review of the second edition of Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union, by PermaKat Professor Eleonora Rosati, who is Full Professor of IP Law at Stockholm University and Of Counsel at Bird & Bird. This book was voted by readers as... Continue reading
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I spy with my little eye…

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/i-spy-with-my-little-eye.html You can probably understand the following text because of an effect called typoglycemia: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearcher at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The... Continue reading
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Weekend read: The (many) copyright questions in Kate Middleton’s Mother’s Day manipulated image

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/weekend-reading-many-copyright.html Over the past week, there has only been one deserving topic of discussion: the picture that was published from the official social media accounts of The Prince and Princess of Wales to mark Mother’s Day (which in the UK was celebrated on 10 March last) and depicting Kate Middleton... Continue reading
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Old bottles for “New Certan”? Bordeaux wine producer brings unsuccessful passing off claim in the Australian Federal Court

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/old-bottles-for-new-certan-bordeaux.html In the latest dispute between European and Australian wine producers, a single judge of the Federal Court of Australia has found that a Tasmanian wine producer had not passed off its “New Certan” wine as being connected or associated with the Bordeaux wine estate, Vieux Château Certan (VCC). Sniffing... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/sunday-surprises_17.html With rising temperatures and spring in the air in Europe, here come the latest Kat news, events and more. Kat news Eleonora Rosati commented in a Politico article on the refusal of the trade mark application for the figurative sign by the EUIPO (no. 018672791), filed by the Administration... Continue reading
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French court confirms copyright protection for “Tam Tam” stool

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/french-court-confirms-copyright.html Works of applied art seem to be an inexhaustible source of intellectual property disputes [IPKat here, here and here]. This is surely due to their omnipresence in our daily lives, and the competition between the various players in the sector, thinks this Kat. This time, this Kat has found... Continue reading