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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/08/thursday-thingies.html Too busy with your summer plans and suffering from the IP FOMO? Here are some summer news items to keep you in the loop. New GuestKat The IPKat is delighted to welcome Alessandro Cerri as a new GuestKat for the next six months. Alessandro works as in-house legal counsel in the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/08/boards-of-appeal-confirm-lack-of-legal.html There is growing consensus from recent Boards of Appeal that G1/21 does not endorse the imposition of ViCo oral proceedings, absent a state of general emergency (T 1501/20). These most recent cases contradict the decisions of earlier Boards of Appeal that G1/21 could be ignored in view of improvements in ViCo technology. ViCo controversy... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/08/unpacking-idc-v-lenovo-part-iii-0175.html After explaining the general principles of FRAND the Judge in Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND judgment [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat) calculated what the FRAND rates should be for Lenovo. This is the third instalment of this Kat’s analysis. You can read Part I and Part II here and here. FRAND –... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/08/georgia-jury-says-no-trade-secrets-in.html Earlier this year, the AmeriKat found herself in Atlanta, Georgia for a work meeting. Not yet faced with the sweetly sticky weather of the southern summers, she was instead greeted with cool breezes and bright blue skies from which she could spy the airplanes coming into land at Atlanta’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/08/does-paris-convention-allow-cross-ip.html Priority claims for IP rights allow obtaining an earlier priority date for an IP application based on an earlier IP application in another country. For member states of the Paris Convention, Art. 4(1) Paris Convention provides this basic principle: Any person who has duly filed an application for a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/08/guest-post-high-court-reins-in-polo.html The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Alessandro Cerri regarding the recent judgment of the High Court of England and Wales in the Lifestyle Equities v Berkshire Polo trade mark dispute. Here’s what Alessandro writes: High Court reins in polo-themed trade mark claims by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/08/life-sciences-strategy-summit-on-ip.html Kat summit The IPKat is pleased to inform readers that this year’s Life Sciences Strategy Summit on IP & Exclusivity will be held on 9, 10, 11 October 2023 in Munich (Germany). This year’s summit follows the launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and will inter alia allow... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_31.html Here’s the weekly roundup of all the news and stories you might have missed from the IPKat. Trade marks Image via Pexels Marcel Pemsel discussed the challenges linked to the registration of 3D trademark in the European Union, especially in relation to the recent application made by Wajos and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/07/chocolate-teapots-nuclear-bombs-whole.html A question that confuses discussions on sufficiency is whether certain sufficiency tests are applicable to only certain types of invention. However, according to the established case law of the EPO, the underlying test for sufficiency is consistent, regardless of the type of invention. The test is always whether there is substantiated doubt... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/07/book-review-25-things-you-should-know.html This Kat is happy to review “ 25 things you should know about artificial intelligence, art and copyright” by Pablo Fernández Carballo-Calero (Aranzadi, 2023, 160 p.). Now in its second edition, the book offers a primer on copyright-related challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) presents. As advanced in the book’s... Continue reading
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