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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/03/shaping-digital-services-act-what.html Following the publication of the European Commission’s Proposal in late 2020 and the adoption of negotiating mandates within both the European Parliament and the Council, trilogue negotiations are currently underway to define the eventual shape of what is expected to be a seminal piece of legislation in the EU:... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/03/around-ip-blogs.html It’s time for a weekly review of posts from the surrounding IP blogs over the past week! The IPKat has reported on a few of them below. TRADE MARKS The so-called “metaverse” and “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs) have generated hype among technology enthusiasts over the past two years. In addition,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/03/sunday-surprises.html This Kat is excited to report on so many exciting events across various IP topics taking place over the coming months. In particular:- Events, Seminars and Conferences British Institute of International and Comparative Law – Revisiting: We, the Robots – 15 March 2022 The British Institute of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/03/guest-post-craftsman-vs-visionary.html Is authorship about vision or penmanship? The IPKat is very happy to host the following blog post by Despoina Dimitrakopoulou and Simon Fritsch, addressing this eternal copyright question from the perspective of a German art and legal story. Here’s what they write: Craftsman vs visionary – the Kippenberger authorship... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/03/how-about-personalized-medicine-is-ip.html To celebrate the launch of Evergreening Patent Exclusivity in Pharmaceutical Products (Hart, 2021) by Frantzeska Papadopoulou, on Tuesday 15 March 2022 14:00-16:00 CET, the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University will host an online conference to discuss the current state and future of patent law and regulatory rights in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/03/katcall-for-creation-of-repository-of.html The IPKat seeks to serve the IP community in the broadest possible manner. One such service should be to provide information to Kat readers about quality IP contributions other than in English. Accordingly, the IPKat is launching an initiative to establish a “Repository of Non-English IP Titles” for titles... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/here-is-glen-and-here-door-german.html This Kat is enjoying the water of life The word ‘glen’ tends to conjure images of misty hills and regal stags in Scotland’s ancient valleys. Such associations are strong enough that the Scotch Whisky Association has recently succeeded in its near-decade long battle against the Waldhorn distillery of Berglen,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-impact-of-brexit-for-eu-trade-mark.html Since the 31st of January 2020 the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union (‘EU’). With respect to trade marks, the departure of the UK has specific legal consequences. Article 54(1)(a) of the Withdrawal Agreement stipulates that holders of an EUTM registered or granted prior to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/retromark-conference-is-back-on-24-may.html RetroKat After two sell-out years and two pandemic years, Retromark: the conference is back in the form of an afternoon of in-person trade mark law and practice hosted by Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons and the IPKat on Tuesday 24 May (an earlier date was previously advertising, but... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_28.html The IPKat Team was extremely saddened to hear about the concerning developments last week and wishes to stand in solidarity with all those who are suffering at this time. The news from The IPKat was as follows: Copyright The US Copyright Office (the Review Board) held... Continue reading
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