• New ERA events coming up with 25% IPKat readers’ discount

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-era-events-coming-up-with-25-ipkat.html Trier The IPKat has been informed that ERA – Academy of European Law, with its headquarters in beautiful Trier (Germany), is organizing three new events focusing on IP law. Also this year, The IPKat has negotiated a special 25% discount in the registration fee for its readers. In order... Continue reading

     
  • Book review: The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/book-review-cambridge-handbook-of.html Continuing this Kats serendipitous journey of reviewing books on copyright exceptions, she comes to the last, but by no means least, of its kind in her pile: The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions, edited by Shyamkrishna Balganesh (Columbia Law School), Ng-Loy Wee Loon (National University of Singapore)... Continue reading

     
  • [Guest post] Copyright & NFTs of Digital Artworks

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/guest-post-copyright-nfts-of-digital.html The IPKat is pleased to host the guest post below, authored by Ioanna Lapatoura (University of Nottingham), on the latest tech craze: non-fungible tokens or NFTs. Here’s what Ioanna writes: Copyright & NFTs of Digital Artworks by Ioanna Lapatoura Overview Over the past few weeks, the sales of NFTs... Continue reading

     
  • Conference on ‘EU Copyright Law: State of Play and Future Directions’ on 26 May

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/conference-on-eu-copyright-law-state-of.html IPKat readers enjoying all things (EU) copyright may be interested to know that, on 26 May 2021, the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University will be organizing a 1-day, online conference with myself and the authors of the individual chapters of my edited collection... Continue reading

     
  • Around the IP Blogs

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/around-ip-blogs_21.html   Nothing quite like a Sunday afternoon nap… Looking for something to read after your Sunday nap? This Kat got you covered… Patents U.S. cases rarely delve into international patent law issues.  Rather, US courts have largely refused to allow parallel proceedings or filings in foreign jurisdictions to impact... Continue reading

     
  • Sunday Surprises

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/sunday-surprises.html Conferences On October 15-22, the 2021 AIPPI World Congress will take place, though once again online. Registration for the congress will open on June 1, 2021. In the meantime, the save-the-date is already on the AIPPI web-page. On October 21-22 2021, the 39th ECTA Annual Conference “Waltzing with IP”... Continue reading

     
  • Linking after VG Bild-Kunst … in a table

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/linking-after-vg-bild-kunst-in-table.html A week ago, The IPKat reported and commented on the important decision of the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in VG Bild-Kunst, C-392/19.  In that judgment, the CJEU admitted the possibility for rightholders to restrict linking by contract, provided that any such... Continue reading

     
  • BREAKING: Board of Appeal in T1807/15 continues with ViCo oral proceedings referral

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/board-of-appeal-in-t180715-continues.html The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) referral from T1807/15 concerns the legality of oral proceedings conducted via Video Conferencing (ViCo) without the consent of all parties (IPKat). There was some doubt as to whether the referral would actually go ahead, given that the party requesting the referral had already withdrawn their request. The... Continue reading

     
  • Monday Miscellany

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/monday-miscellany.html  Let’s have a look at some events to fill your diary with… Let’s add “be lazy” to my diary… Webinars The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding invites you to attend the Fourth Annual Intellectual Property Awareness Summit on the 28th and 29thof April 2021. This year’s theme is ‘Intellectual... Continue reading

     
  • Book review: Global Mandatory Fair Use

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/book-review-global-mandatory-fair-use.html This Kat is delighted to bring you a book review of Global Mandatory Fair, the Nature and Scope of the Right to Quote Copyright Works by Tanya Aplin, King’s College London and Lionel Bently, University of Cambridge.    In this book, Aplin and Bently argue that global mandatory fair... Continue reading