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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/sunday-surprises_17.html While the year is coming to an end, the IP community has been busy planning lots of exciting events and opportunities for the New Year. Here are some of the things to look forward to in 2024: Framing IP Rights in Legal, Economic, and Cultural Settings Swansea University’s Institute... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/africa-ip-highlights-2023-reforms-in-ip.html This post is the third and final instalment in the “Africa IP Highlights 2023″ series of posts highlighting some of the key developments in IP in Africa in 2023. The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks. As previously stated, the Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/failure-to-comply-with-terms-of.html This Kat is always on the hunt for new copyright rulings. This time he has found a recent ruling issued by the Paris Court of Appeal, concerning a copyright assignment agreement, a subject that is the source of many disputes in France. This time, the dispute notably concerns both... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/guest-post-transparency-requirements-in.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest opinion by Katfriend Roya Ghafele (OxFirst), addressing the copyright implications of the upcoming EU Artificial Intelligence Act. Here’s what Roya writes: Transparency requirements in the EU Provisional Agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act influence the Copyright and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/africa-ip-highlights-2023-trade-marks.html Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva; Rita Chindah; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, it’s about the trade marks. February: In Nigeria, the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/africa-ip-highlights-2023-copyright.html Another December is here which means “The Africa IP Highlights” are here! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year. Interested readers can find the Africa... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/breaking-first-cjeu-referral-on-press.html Kat-negotiations … As expected, now that most – though not all – EU Member States have completed their own transpositions of the DSM Directive 2019/790 [IPKat here], the time for litigation has come and, with that, referrals for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-criteria-for-novelty-and-inventive.html The recent Board of Appeal decision in T 1356/21 covered a number of interesting legal points in the field of pharmaceutical patents. The case related to the novelty and inventive step of a second medical use claim. The only distinguishing feature of the claim in view of the prior art was the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/book-review-reforming-intellectual.html This is a book review of Reforming Intellectual Property, edited by Gustavo Ghidini, Professor Emeritus, University of Milan and Senior Professor of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, LUISS University and Valeria Falce, Jean Monnet Professor in European Innovation Policy, European University of Rome. This edited collection brings together... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-never-ending-story-of-brexit.html As former prime minister of the UK Theresa May famously said: Brexit means Brexit! But does it really? Not for the trade mark offices and the courts, it seems. There are several appeals pending before the CJEU concerning the effects of Brexit on EU trade mark law. According to... Continue reading
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