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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/sunday-surprises_27.html The IPKat is here for your Sunday round-up of events across the IP world. EVENTS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES Queen Mary | University of London – “IELR 5.1 pre-publication event: EULAs: Friends or Foes?” 3 March 2022 – 18:00 – 19:00 CET (Online) The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/around-ip-blogs_27.html The week that is about to end has witnessed extremely concerning developments. The IPKat Team wishes to express its solidarity to all those who are suffering right now. Two Kats embracing the spirit of fraternity and friendship during difficult times. The coverage of blog news over the past few... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/guest-post-shanghai-court-doctrine-of.html The IPKat has received the following comment from Rui Cao (LLM candidate at Shanghai Jiaotong University) on a recent trade mark infringement case in Shanghai regarding Klüber’s specialty lubricants. Here’s what Rui Cao writes: Shanghai court: the doctrine of exhaustion does not protect all unauthorized repackaging from trade mark infringement claims... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/forthcoming-era-ip-events-with-ipkat.html Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in beautiful Trier (Germany) are always busy preparing and delivering knowledge and training in the IP field, with also plenty of opportunities to network and exchange views with fellow IP aficionados. The ERA friends have just informed The... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/applying-g121-vico-oral-proceedings.html At the tail end of last year, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) reached its decision in G 1/21 on the legality of mandatory video conferencing (ViCo) oral proceedings. The EBA found that the mandatory use of ViCo was appropriate during a state of general emergency impairing the parties’ ability to attend... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/eos-fails-to-register-shape-of-its-lip.html The thorny issue of the registration of a 3D trade mark never ceases to challenge the trade mark system. This time it is the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which recently denied the admissibility of appeal, brought by Eos Products (more commonly known as EOS) against... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/monday-miscellany_21.html Time is flying and we need to pause and analyse what has happened so far this year. In the meantime, check out the upcoming IP events. A Kat reflecting upon his future goals EUIPO’s IP Case Law Conference, 7 and 8 July 2022 Building on the previous editions of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/whats-in-italian-patent-innovation-box.html IP practitioners are not always interested in taxation profiles of intellectual property, but sometimes it’s necessary to get acquainted with them. As many of our readers know one of the most recurrent tax-related topics that come into discussion in the IP field is the so-called Patent Box (sometimes also –... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/telecom-patents-prompt-eu-legal.html This Kat dreams (or has nightmares) of anti-suit injunctions The EU is eager to promote innovation and growth in a digital age, but whose? This is the question one might reasonably ask on learning of the EU’s launch of a complaint at the WTO against China last Friday, 18 February 2022. ... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_20.html Repetita iuvant. So maybe it’s better to take a look at The IPKat’s latest posts from the past week! TRADE MARKS The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has published the Guidelines for the Examination and Trial, which came into effect on January 1, 2022, and our GuestKat Tian Lu... Continue reading
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