Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

Copyright

Alexandra Mezulanik, research assistant at UCL IBIL, examines the much anticipated decision in Martin v Kogan of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. This case, concerning the joint authorship of the screenplay of the ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ film, revisited the (admittedly) thorny issue of joint authorship of copyright works.

SpecialKat Chijioke Okorie looks at some of the highlights of the recently published African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Model Law on Copyright and Related Rights.

Patents

GuestKat Rose Hughes brings breaking news, reporting on the UK Supreme Court decision in Shanks v Unilever, in which Professor Shanks was (finally) granted £2 million in compensation for his invention from his former employer Unilever.

In ‘How and where may implementers sue for FRAND-licences?‘, Lars Brahms looks at the recent England and Wales High Court decision of Vestel Elektronik Sanayi v HEVC Advance LLC, which raised this question as well as the questions of what the proper basis would be for such a claim, and where this claim might be brought.

Trade Marks

GuestKat Nedim Malovic examines an intriguing decision from the General Court, which stated that the relevant public’s attention is ‘average at best’ when assessing likelihood of confusion relating to games and computer games. This arose in relation to an application to register the word mark ‘DUNGEONS’, which was opposed by the owners of the EUTM ‘Dungeons & Dragons’.

Former GuestKat Darren Meale returns to bring us the sixth volume of Retromark, looking back on the last six months of trade marks, from the revoked McDonald’s ‘Mc’ EU trade mark to the most recent Skykick referral and more.

You thought you had seen the last of the Rubik’s cube? Think again! Kat Eleonora Rosati reports on the reappearance of the Rubik’s cube in the General Court, which confirmed the cancellation of the EUTM consisting of the shape of the Rubik’s cube.

GuestKat Antonella Gentile examines the Opinion of AG Kokott in T-766/18 P, concerning the EU trade mark for Halloumi, where the distinctive character of collective and geographic collective trade marks and their interplay with geographical indications was considered.

IP Education Series

The IP Education Series is back with its latest instalment! This time we hear from IP lawyer Agathe Michel-de Cazotte, who writes on her experience supporting the IP Management module at Cass Business School (City, University of London).

Communication to the public

Katfriend Fredy Sánchez Merino reports on an interesting case from Colombia, which considered the question of whether use of audiovisual works in public transport would be considered an act of communication to the public, such that a collecting society could demand payment of royalties.

Event Reports

GuestKat Antonella Gentile also provides coverage of the Tertulia on EUIPO Board of Appeal Case Law, held at the EUIPO Liaison Office in Brussels.

Book Reviews

SpecialKat Tian Lu provides an overview of Translation Accuracy and Dissemination of Disclosure of Patent Information: An Analysis of Translation and its Influence on Patent Law by Dr. Aline Larroyed.

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