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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/epo-consults-on-patent-grace-periods.html The EPO has launched a user consultation on grace periods for patents, the results of which will be published in early 2022 (EPO press release). The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_30.html 2021 was certainly a wild ride, but this ride isn’t over just yet. Meanwhile, check the latest news from the IPKat before opening the doors to 2022. Copyright This Kat is counting the minutes for 2022 The Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/european-commission-publishes.html Just before closing down for Christmas, the European Commission published the “Evaluation on geographical indications (GIs) and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSGs) protection in the EU” [to download the evaluation, click here and scroll down to the bottom of the page]. The evaluation is the penultimate step in the revision... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/eu-enforcement-of-iprs-dg-taxud-and.html The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020. The report Previously, the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-ipkat-epo-boards-of-appeal-ba-year.html Following on from our IPKat EBA 2021 Year in Review, here is some more festive holiday reading on some of the important decisions to come out of the EPO Boards of Appeal this year. 2021 saw key decisions on claim supremacy, types of antibody claims, the data threshold for... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-ipkat-epo-enlarged-board-of-appeal.html 2021 has been year brimmed full with juicy case law from the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA). The biggest (or at least the most controversial) story of the year was the referral to the EBA on the legality of mandatory ViCo oral proceedings (G 1/21). This year also saw... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-dabus-saga-continued.html Just a few days before Holidays season, the Legal Board of Appeal announced its ruling in the cases J 8/20 and J 9/20, thus confirming the decisions of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office, both of which has refused the DABUS applications EP 18 275 163 and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/ukipo-unveils-report-highlighting.html Last week, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released an intriguing report measuring and analyzing (apparently for the first time) the influence that social media influencers exert on consumers also when it comes to purchasing counterfeits. This kind of research is timely, also considering – among other things – recent... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/around-ip-blogs_27.html While we are changing from the “All I want for Christmas is you” to the “Happy New Year” playlist, check what has been going on around the IP blogs before 2021 is over. Patents A Kat experiencing a Christmas hangover The Kluwer Patent Blog brought a summary of the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/charles-dickens-as-copyright-content.html It is worth remembering that copyright is as much about the distribution of contents as the conditions of their creation. A contemporary example of the distribution function, in an age of social media, is the influencer, whose written and oral words can impact, indeed forge, the thoughts and ideas... Continue reading
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