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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/around-ip-blogs_25.html This Kat is enlightened With warmer temperatures ahead, it’s time to look back on last week’s developments from around the IP blogs. Copyright The buzz around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in recent months continues unabated, with a post on the Kluwer Copyright Blog about the role of copyright law and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/peppa-pig-has-for-first-time-been.html ‘Peppa Pig’ is a British preschool animated television series whose charm has extended well beyond the UK and gained millions of fans. China is no exception. There, Peppa Pig is known as 小猪佩奇. In April 2019, Entertainment One UK Limited (‘E-One UK’, owner of Peppa Pig) spotted a product,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/book-review-protection-of-intellectual.html This Kat has had the pleasure to review “The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Under International Investment Law”, co-authored by Simon Klopschinski, Christopher Gibson and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan (Oxford University Press, 2021, 592 p.). The book discusses the treatment of intellectual property rights in the context of investor-state dispute... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/board-of-appeal-relies-on-its-own-cgk.html In recent years it has become increasingly difficult for parties to introduce new facts and evidence in appeal procedures before the EPO Boards of Appeal. The same stringent procedures do not apply to the Boards of Appeal themselves. In the recently published decision T 1370/15, the Board of Appeal introduced... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/around-ip-blogs_17.html This Kat is pondering green vs white asparagus As this Kat sees Germany gearing up for Spargel (asparagus) season, an equally exciting harvest can be found around the IP blogs. Copyright The news which lit up the IP blogosphere last week was indisputably the US Supreme Court’s ruling in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/ucl-ibil-event-conversation-with.html What more of an honor could an IP lawyer have but to share their birthday with World IP Day? That enjoyable coincidence is at least shared by Sir Robin Jacob who is celebrating this World IP Day on 26 April, with an event organized by UCL’s Institute of Brand... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/book-review-law-of-artificial.html This Kat is delighted to review The Law of Artificial Intelligence , edited by Matt Hervey, Head of Artificial Intelligence at Gowling WLG (UK) LLP, and Matthew Lavy, 4 Pump Court, an expert on disputes involving technology. The first of its kind to pull together a comprehensive coverage of the relevant... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/guest-post-conference-report-new-age-of.html Tuesday saw the latest event from Fashion Law London, this time covering the timely and somewhat nebulous issue of sustainability. This GuestKat’s colleague (and new Kat Friend), Emily Nuttall-Wood, was (virtually) there and sent this report: Fashion Law London’s latest event (its fifth virtual conference since the pandemic hit –... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/update-ipkatlse-joint-event-cjeus.html Join us next Wednesday at 2PM (London time) The IPKat’s joint panel event with the London School of Economics (LSE) on 21 April 2021 is less than a week away. The panel will delve into the big questions before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/uk-ipo-publishes-10th-edition-of-online.html On 30 March 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) published the 10th edition of the Online Copyright Infringement Tracker (OCI). The OCI report “is conducted annually to ensure that the IPO can monitor the impact of new online platforms on infringement behaviours”. The report tracks behaviours and... Continue reading
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