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European Parliament approves Regulation on Geographical Indications for wines, spirit drinks and agricultural products

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/european-parliament-approves-regulation.html Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted the Regulation on geographical indications (GIs) for wines, spirit drinks and agricultural products (GI Regulation). The text, as agreed in interinstitutional negotiations, is available here. This brings to its final stage the comprehensive GI reform, initiated by the European Union (EU) back in 2020.... Continue reading
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Guest Post: Sony fails in strike out claim against Hendrix bandmates

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/guest-post-sony-fails-in-strike-out.html This guest post is provided by Monica Thornell and Jonathan Coote of Bray & Krais: “There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief” – Sony fails in strike out claim against Hendrix bandmates at English High Court “Soon enough time will tell…” A claim regarding the copyright and... Continue reading
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Book Review: Music Borrowing and Copyright Law

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-review-music-borrowing-and.html This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis, edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). The book examines the multifaceted dynamics between copyright law and music borrowing within different music genres from across the world, including... Continue reading
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Long walk to copyright reform #7: South Africa’s revised Copyright Amendment Bill is back to Parliament for reaffirmation

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/long-walk-to-copyright-reform-7-south.html Earlier this February, South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition began the process of consideration and report on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13F-2017]. Readers may recall that in September 2023, the National Council of Provinces passed the Copyright Amendment Bill and returned it to the National Assembly... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_27.html If the incrementally later sunsets have corresponded with being late to the IP news, don’t worry: here’s the summary of what you missed last week. Trade Marks A Kat looking forward to the longer days. Image from Pixabay. Anastasiia Kyrylenko informed readers of a new CJEU referral from the French... Continue reading
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When is a lawyer sufficiently independent?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/when-is-lawyer-sufficiently-independent.html Before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the EU (‘CJEU’), parties must be represented by a lawyer. Not every lawyer that is formally a lawyer under national law is also a ‘lawyer’ within the meaning of EU law, as the CJEU’s decision in bonnanwalt v EUIPO... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/sunday-surprises.html Kat-news As it happens every week, we report on a number of developments … both in the IP world and the IPKat Team! Katnews We have two major news items concerning the IPKat team we wish to share with our readers. Hayleigh Bosher´s fellowship Over the past several years,... Continue reading
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Right of communication to the public returns to the CJEU: should the operator of a short-term rental apartment building pay a licence fee when they install TV sets in those apartments? Yes, says AG Szpunar

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/right-of-communication-to-public.html The IPKat’s whiskers are natural antennae: but do they fall withinthe scope of recital 27? Where do you draw the line between the “mere provision of physical facilities”, which – in accordance with recital 27 of the InfoSoc Directive – falls outside the scope of the right of communication to... Continue reading
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GC rules on bad faith and abuse of right in trade marks filing

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/gc-rules-on-bad-faith-and-abuse-of.html By decision of 17 January 2024, the General Court (GC) ruled in a case concerning several national trade marks applications carried out with the aim of bypassing the six-month cooling-off period provided by Article 29(1) of Regulation No 207/2009. The applicant was considered in bad faith and the filing... Continue reading
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Guest book review: Contentious Trade Mark Registry Proceedings

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/guest-book-review-contentious-trade.html This is a book review of Contentious Trade Mark Registry Proceedings by Michael Edenborough KC. This review is kindly provided by Zoi Krokida, Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law at Brunel University London. This title was nominated in the IPKat book of the year awards 2023! Here’s what Zoi has to... Continue reading