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UK Government will introduce a new text and data mining copyright exception in response to AI and IP consultation

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/uk-government-will-introduce-new-text.html The UK government has published its response to its consultation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence. Back in 2021, the UK IPO undertook a consultation on AI and IP covering: copyright in works made by AI; text and data mining using copyright material; and patents for inventions devised by AI.... Continue reading
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[Guest post] BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/guest-post-bayc-sues-ryder-ripps-over.html The IPKat is pleased to host the guest contribution below by Katfriend Paolo Maria Gangi (Studio Gangi) on a very recent development concerning NFTs and IP. Here’s what Paolo Maria writes: BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs by Paolo Maria Gangi Ryder Ripps The Bored Apes... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/sunday-surprises.html Summer is at its height and so are the temperatures in most of Europe. While enjoying (or not) this heatwave, check the latest IP events and opportunities to be cool for the summer! Events A Kat ready to enjoy the summer EUIPO – 25 Years of the Board of... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Retromark Volume XI: the last six months in trade marks

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/guest-post-retromark-volume-xi-last-six.html Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons presents the eleventh volume in his rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. A bumper crop of candidates presented themselves for inclusion in this volume, these are the 10 that made the cut. 1. No time to rebrand as... Continue reading
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Book Review: Intellectual Property as a Complex Adaptive System

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/book-review-intellectual-property-as.html This Kat is delighted to review “Intellectual Property as a Complex Adaptive System” (eds. Anselm Kamperman Sanders and Anke Moerland, 2021), the latest publication within EIPIN series of Edward Elgar. The book opens with Anselm Kamperman Sanders and Anke Moerland advancing their vision as to why intellectual property (IP)... Continue reading
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UK IPO clears IP rights examination backlog

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/uk-ipo-clears-ip-rights-examination.html Readers will be pleased to hear that the UK intellectual property office (IPO) has announced that its IP rights examination has cleared a backlog – of more than 45,000 patent, trade mark and designs applications – which is now down to zero, for the first time in several years.... Continue reading
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Informa IP events return as in-person events and come with a special IPKat readers’ discount

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/informa-ip-events-return-as-in-person.html Summer time, study time … The IPKat is pleased to inform its readers that the traditional IP events organized by Informa are back as in-person events and that IPKat readers are entitled to a VIP discount in the registration fee. The events taking place over July and August are:... Continue reading
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From Open Access to Open Science; as open as possible as closed as necessary?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/from-open-access-to-open-science-as.html The Commission Report on Open Science and Intellectual Property Rights was published in April 2022 (read it here). According to the Commission, this report provides a critical analysis of the literature on the relation between Open Science (OS) and IPR protection and how they might live harmoniously, by scoping... Continue reading
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Long walk to copyright reform #4: South Africa’s Parliamentary Committee approves a revised Copyright Amendment Bill

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/long-walk-to-copyright-reform-4-south.html Some progress has been made on the legislative front in terms of South Africa’s journey to amend its copyright statute. On Friday last week (10 June 2022), South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry adopted its report on the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) and the Performers’ Protection Amendment... Continue reading
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CJEU: existence of earlier local right sufficient to fend off trade mark claims

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/06/cjeu-existence-of-earlier-local-right.html Trade marks are very strong rights, on the basis of which a proprietor can bring forward a wide variety of claims. Yet, the rights conferred by a trade mark may be limited, for instance when the proprietor faces an earlier right applying in a particular locality. With respect to... Continue reading