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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/thursday-thingies.html Image via Pexels Another Autumn week is coming to an end, and with the falling leaves come some more interesting IP opportunities. The Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture 2023 The Lecture will take place on Monday 23 October at Ashworth Centre, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. The conference will feature a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/upc-court-of-appeals-first-decision.html UPC Court of Appeal (source: UPC official website) The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued its first order (this Kat prepared a machine translation in English). Unsurprisingly, given the UPC system only started from 1 June this year the first appellate order relates to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/and-were-even-gonna-have-beer-teslas.html Tesla is undoubtedly fast. Its flagship model can go 322 km/h and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2,1 seconds. Yet, Tesla was beaten to the punch by a German company, which registered the EU trade mark ‘Gigabier’ one day after Elon Musk’s announcement of Tesla’s intention to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/french-copyright-framework-for.html Recent developments have been strongly marked by the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) [IPKat here and here]. This has not escaped anyone’s notice. Among other things, on 12 September 2023, French MPs tabled a bill “aimed at providing a copyright framework for artificial intelligence“. Analysis An IA generated... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/swedish-court-requests-cjeu-to-clarify.html When assessing whether a work of applied art affords exclusive rights granted through copyright, what factors should be considered? Should the originality requirement focus on factors related to the creative process and the author’s account of the actual choices that they made, or rather factors concerning the work itself... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/friday-fancies.html The IPKat getting into the Autumn mood As the autumn/fall finally emerges in the UK, the IPKat has several news items and opportunities that may interest our dear readers. EPO soften priority rules in G1/22 and G2/22 This week, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/what-is-standard-for-preliminary.html The AmeriKat may not be the first before the UPC, but she is first for big eyes and cute smiles The AmeriKat has been enjoying the almost constant stream of Unified Patent Court (UPC) posts on LinkedIn. After the self-proclaimed heralds of being “the first” to do something in the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_12.html In case you were too busy drinking pumpkin spice lattes recently, here is a summary of what you might have missed from the IPKat last week. Image via iStock Copyright Eleonora Rosati announced two events focusing on the impact of the copyright case law of the Court of Justice... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/guest-post-online-copyright-protection.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Eleni Lappa (Ipwork.gr) on recent developments concerning online copyright protection in Greece. Here’s what Eleni writes: Online copyright protection in Greece: recent developments by Eleni Lappa Online consumption of audiovisual content has become increasingly popular... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/10/advocate-general-vs-german-supreme.html Not too long ago, the German Supreme Court held in Kühlergrill (I ZR 61/18, discussed here) that the sale of the following radiator grille for an Audi A6 infringed Audi’s rights to its figurative trade mark consisting of four interlocking rings. The ring-shaped device is for mounting the original... Continue reading
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