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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/around-ip-blogs_29.html Thanksgiving just gets this Kat all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside. Let’s see what the other IP blogs have been up to this week:- Trade Marks “Metaverse” has become centre stage after Facebook announced that it had changed its company name to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/bayer-v-teva-drug-formulation-patent.html The recent decision of the English High Court in Bayer v Teva [2021] EWHC 2690 (Pat) is another example in which the UK courts have found a pharmaceutical invention to be the obvious outcome of routine drug development. In the Supreme Court decision Actavis v ICOS the court found a drug dose selection obvious in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_28.html Another week is coming to an end! Perfect timing for a weekly review of last week’s posts! TRADE MARKS In the context of European trade, proving trade mark exhaustion can be challenging. Based on the CJEU’s Van Doren Lifestyle judgment, the burden of proof concerning trade mark exhaustion rests... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/book-review-handbook-of-intellectual.html “What is the methodology behind your research?”. This is the question young IP researchers hear most during their first years in the academia. Conference after conference, one comes to realise that a robust research methodology may often be more important than any conclusions such research might yield. Yet, resources... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/friday-fantasies.html Christmas markets are already here, the lights are bright and shining, but before November is over, this Kat brings you another bundle of joy in the form of IP events and opportunities. Events Cambridge Information & Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM) CIIPM will hold an event on 15 December 2021... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-uk-copyright-rights-and.html The Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill has now been published, proposing new laws for equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustment, right of revocation and transparency. Background Readers may have followed the IPKat reports on the UK DCMS Select Committee Streaming Inquiry [here], which took place in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/book-review-performing-copyright-law.html As a previous drama student herself (who’d have guessed it!), this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/around-ip-blogs_21.html The IPKat is always paying attention to what IP stories are running around out there. The leaves are falling, the colours are changing, and we bring our latest catches from the blogs to you! TRADE MARKS According to Professor Barton Beebe of NYU School of Law, more than 77%... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/never-too-late.html What a week, huh? Although this Kat has just realised it is still Thursday, he is nonetheless quite happy to provide you with the latest news from the Katverse. Copyright A Kat wondering if in a parallel universe all Member States have successfully transposed the DSM Directive Katfriend Miquel... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/11/guest-post-est-modus-in-rebus-italian.html Katfriend Gabriele Girardello (Pavia Ansaldo) reports on a recent decision of the Italian Supreme Court concerning damage calculation in cases of trade mark infringement. Here’s what Gabriele writes: Est “modus” in rebus – Italian Supreme Court says no automatic award of a reasonable royalty following trade mark infringement by... Continue reading
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