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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/around-ip-blogs_20.html It has been the coldest days of the year where this Kat is based – perfect weather for looking into what other IP Blogs have been into recently:- Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog addressed the issue of moral rights in relation to artificial intelligence and copyright protection.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/st-26-sequence-listings-forward-or.html A Big Bang is coming, or at least this is how the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) has billed the entry into force of the new sequence listing requirement, ST.26 on 1 July 2022. There is an international requirement for the DNA, RNA and protein sequences disclosed in a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/us-copyright-office-refuses-to-register.html Can a work entirely created by a machine be protected by copyright? On Valentine’s Day, the US Copyright Office (Review Board) answered this question with a heartbreaking ‘no’, holding that “copyright law only protects “the fruits of intellectual labor” that “are founded in the creative powers of the [human]... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/guest-post-what-do-little-mermaid-and.html The IPKat is pleased to host the guest contribution below by Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen, Hanne Kirk, and Philip Henszelman (all Gorrissen Federspiel) on a recent Danish decision tackling issues relating to copyright protection, non-statutory exceptions for parody/caricature, and freedom of expression. Here’s what they write: What do a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-masters-class-in-genuine-use-uk-ipo.html A recent decision by the UK IPO provides some interesting food (drink?) for thought on the endlessly uncertain question of genuine use, this time in connection with gin products. In this case, the UK IPO rejected a revocation action on the ground that the proprietor had put its... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/joe-rogan-spotify-and-music-streaming.html Kat readers may be aware of the recent dispute over podcaster Joe Rogan. First Neil Young, followed by Joni Mitchell, demanded that Spotify, the exclusive distributor of Rogan’s podcast, reportedly the most-listened to podcast in the world, remove their music from the platform. They alleged that some of Rogan’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/ukraine-to-voluntary-implement-art-17.html While certain EU Member States are still to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/790 (Copyright DSM Directive), Ukraine, a non-EU country, has decided to implement certain provisions from the Directive. This includes Art. 17 of the Copyright DSM Directive on uses of copyright-protected content by certain internet platforms (the so-called “online... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/monday-miscellany.html Although spring is one month and a couple of days away from us, IP events and opportunities are already blooming and you can find a bundle of the best here. A Kat trying to negotiate an early spring with Mother Nature Conferences and events EPO Tech Day 2022 –... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/guest-post-conference-report-fourth-ip.html It is that time of the year once again – Katfriend Irene Calboli provides IPKat readers with a summary of the Fourth IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Conference. The previous three IPIRA conference reports can be viewed here, here and here. Below is what Irene writes: Conference... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2022/02/around-ip-blogs_13.html The IP blogs have been active over the past week bursting with a wide range of different topics. The IPKat has once again compiled some of them for you. TRADE MARKS It’s time to take a look at last year’s statistics. In 2021, there was a 14.4% increase in... Continue reading
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