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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/upc-and-italy-sign-milan-headquarters.html On 26 January 2024, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Italy signed the formal agreement on the Headquarters of the third seat of the UPC Central Division in Milan. The finalization of the agreement was announced with a press release by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/when-life-gives-you-lemons-make-cloudy.html In a recent decision which has divided trade mark practitioners across the UK, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the Court) found that Aldi’s own-brand cloudy lemon cider product had not infringed the trade mark rights in the packaging of the product it was inspired by. Background In February... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/global-ip-exchange-europe-conference.html IPKat-approved Catz Cafè in Düsseldorf The Katfriends at IQPC Exchange wish to inform IPKat readers that their conference Global IP Europe Exchange will be held on 11-12 March 2024 at Hilton Düsseldorf, Germany. An invitation-only conference, this event aims to bring together 70 leaders from across IP, patent management... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/petition-of-review-filed-in-referring.html The Opponent in the referring case to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G 2/21 has filed a petition for review following the final decision of the Board of Appeal. If the EBA agrees with the petitioner that there was a violation of their fundamental right to be heard, the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/book-review-and-reader-discount.html This is a review of Copyright and Cartography: History, Law, and the Circulation of Geographical Knowledge, by Professor Isabella Alexander, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. This book is available in both hardback and digital open access. For those wishing to purchase the book, a discount code has kindly been... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_27.html If you’re still recovering from a big week and haven’t had the energy to catch up on the IP news, here’s the summary of everything you missed: Patents This Kat is still recovering too. Image from Pixabay. Rose Hughes discussed the EPO Board of Appeal decision T 0438/22 on the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/saturday-sundries_27.html Here is your weekly update of IP news and events! News PatKat reviewing this week’s IP news The EPO Boards of Appeal have issued a Notice on accelerating proceedings in light of the potential need for accelerated proceedings in view of the now operational Unified Patent Court (UPC). The notice... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/another-brick-in-legos-modular-systems.html By decision of 24 January 2024 (T-537/22), the General Court of the European Union (GC) confirmed the validity of the Registered Community Design (RCD) by Lego A/S (Lego) “Building blocks from a toy building set” by stating that an RCD is invalid only if all its features are... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/eu-court-of-justice-clarifies-scope-of.html In a recent decision (C-361/22) on the scope of the referential use exception in respect of trade mark infringement, the EU Court of Justice (the Court) clarified that the exception was extended by Directive 2015/2435 (the 2015 TM Directive), as it previously applied only where the use was necessary to indicate the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/ipkat-book-of-year-awards-2023-winners.html Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2023! Despite the change in application process, this year was our most popular awards since its inception six years ago. Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations, in no particular... Continue reading
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