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Authorship of photographs and ownership of image rights in Nigeria: Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/authorship-of-photographs-and-ownership.html The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria. The decision... Continue reading
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Patentee doublethink in regulatory submissions and patent prosecution is inequitable conduct: Belcher v. Hospira (US)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/patentee-doublethink-in-regulatory.html The US Courts of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) found in Belcher Pharmaceuticals v Hospira, Inc that a formulation patent was unenforceable in view of inequitable conduct, in the form of contradictory submissions to the patent office and the regulatory agency (FDA) by the patentee. The case serves to highlight the... Continue reading
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IPKat in conversation with Tim Moss, CEO of the UK IPO

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/ipkat-in-conversation-with-tim-moss-ceo.html This Kat was delighted to have the opportunity to chat with Tim Moss, Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO), on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). Hayleigh Bosher: One of the IPO’s key priorities in its Corporate Plan is to understand the... Continue reading
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ERA’s Autumn events coming up with special IPKat readers’ 25% discount

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/eras-autumn-events-coming-up-with.html Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier, Germany are always busy organizing new conferences and events. Among the IP-focused ones, ERA’s Autumn calendar features 3 conferences for which IPKat readers can register by claiming a 25% discount in the registration fee by using... Continue reading
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Reasons for an EBA referral on plausibility, post-published evidence and problem-solution

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/reasons-for-eba-referral-on.html As recently reported here on IPKat, we are imminently expecting a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on the issue of using post-filed data to support plausibility for inventive step. The potential for a referral on this topic may have come as a surprise to some, given... Continue reading
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The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-global-innovation-index-gii-2021.html The 14th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) was released today. Published since 2007, the GII has been a useful source of analysis for measuring innovation. The GII 2021 was published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in partnership with the Portulans Institute and with the support... Continue reading
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The Unified Patent Court. Do we finally have a predictable timeline?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-unified-patent-court-do-we-finally.html After the Order of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) dated 23 June 2021 (see here the IPKat post) it is now clarified that Germany is able to participate in the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) and the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the UPCA (the... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat recently

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat.html Patents PermaKat Annsley Merelle Ward informed about the UK litigation in Abbott v Dexcom, a patent dispute over glucose monitoring devices for diabetes. Abbott and Dexcom are currently in legal battlein US, Germany and the UK, each accusing the other of patent infringement and invalidity of the other party’s... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/around-ip-blogs_18.html This Kat is waiting watchfully What weekend could fail to be brightened by a jaunt around the IP blogs? Patents FOSS Patents published two articles on IP in China, one on a decision of the Supreme People’s Court affirming jurisdiction over global FRAND rates, and another on the country’s response... Continue reading
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Book Review: Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd Edition

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/book-review-intellectual-property-law.html The first edition of Intellectual Property Law in China (IPLCN) was the first of a bunch of goodies this Kat enthusiastically gathered from the incomparable IP library of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI). It was published in 2005 – a bit aged – but it... Continue reading