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Registering a trade mark even if you think that copyright is for losers? Not bad faith, says (finally) EUIPO BoA

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/registering-trade-mark-even-if-you.html Banksy’s Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be In Charge A while ago The IPKat reported [here and here] on a string of cancellations of elusive artist Banksy’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations relating to some of their best-known artworks. The reason? Among other things, that such registrations would... Continue reading
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How plausible may be a conference on IP (and regulatory) exclusivity? Sufficiently

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/how-plausible-may-be-conference-on-ip.html Last October this GuestKat attended an interesting conference in Munich (program here) named “Life Sciences Strategy: Summit on IP and exclusivity“. It is obviously not easy to summarise three full days of very intensive work (and many coffee breaks) and the reports of dozens of experts who effectively shared... Continue reading
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Board of Appeal case law against the description amendment requirement starts to mount up (T 2194/19)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/board-of-appeal-case-law-against.html It is almost a year since publication of T 1989/18 made waves in the European patent community with its finding that the requirement to amend the description in line with the claims lacked legal basis. Since T 1989/18 we have had a number of Board of Appeal decisions on both sides,... Continue reading
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Can an NFT infringe one’s own trade mark rights? Yes, says Rome Court of First Instance

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/can-nft-infringe-ones-own-trade-mark.html Bobo Vieri during his Juventus tenure Can the unauthorized production (minting), advertising, and offer for sale of a non-fungible token (NFT) infringe one’s own trade mark rights? The Rome Court of First Instance answered ‘yes’ in the context of a successful application for a preliminary injunction made by Juventus... Continue reading
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Rebrand the name, change the way we eat, and save (at least part of) the ecology: the story of copi

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/rebrand-name-change-way-we-eat-and-save.html Rebranding programs have been asked to do a lot of things. But this Kat had never, until now, encountered a rebranding program whose goal is no less than to bring about fundamental culinary and ecological changes. The feline species is not known for its aversion to enjoying fish at... Continue reading
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Book review: Intellectual Property Protection for AI-Generated Creations

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/book-review-intellectual-property.html Having recently reviewed The Future of Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, here, this Kat continues thematic reviews in this area with a review of Intellectual Property Protection for AI-Generated Creations: Europe, United States, Australia and Japan, by Ana Ramalho (Copyright Counsel at Google, and a Guest Lecturer... Continue reading
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Thursday Thingies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/thursday-thingies.html Time has been passing by very quickly, and it is time for another Thursday Thingies. This week, we bring to you some IPKat Team News as well as many upcoming events and opportunities. IPKat Team News James Kwong included amongst Managing IP’s Rising Stars 2022 To recognize the efforts... Continue reading
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Rethinking academic conferences

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/rethinking-academic-conferences.html Following the previous Katpost [here] which raised some questions about the effectiveness of academic conferences, I received a number of direct responses from readers leading to some constructive conversations on the topic. [A selection of anonymised quotes is provided below]. Thinking of solutions now! Image: Riana Harvey The overwhelming feeling... Continue reading
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Copyrighting the Ogopogo Monster: The © story behind the news story

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/copyrighting-ogopogo-monster-story.html Kat friend Hugh Stephens describes the murky story of IP and the Ogopogo monster (“murky” as the waters in which the Ogopogo is said to dwell). The headline –“City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations”–was featured in newspapers and broadcasts across Canada, based on... Continue reading
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Book review: The Future of Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/11/book-review-future-of-copyright-in-age.html Can artificial intelligence (AI) create things? Yes. AI has created movies such as Sunspring 2016, written novels like The Day a Computer Writes a Novel, and made art in the form of The Next Rembrandt. But-are those creations the same as human creations? Arguably not. For a start, all... Continue reading