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Reference to a hybridoma does not limit a product-by-process antibody claim (T 0032/17)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/reference-to-hybridoma-does-not-limit.html Antibodies were recently awarded their own section in the latest EPO Guidelines for Examination (IPKat). This reflects that the complex and specific case law pertaining to antibody inventions. One such complexity are the provisions provided for the definition of an antibody by reference to a deposited hybridoma (Rule 31 EPC).... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Copyright Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: A Fistful of Dollars vs Rango before the Court of Rome

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/guest-post-copyright-gunfight-at-ok.html Can fictional characters be protected by copyright? This is a question that is both intriguing and difficult to answer, as the variety of tests adopted by courts in different jurisdictions also demonstrates. The Rome Court of First Instance has recently had to tackle this question, as Katfriends Fabio Ghiretti... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/around-ip-blogs_30.html Patents Lvcentinvs discussed at length a recent decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court, where the rules for calculating the term of protection for patents and utility models have been changed. The decision in question declared as unconstitutional the rule, whereby the term of protection is calculated from the grant... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-surprises_30.html This Kat is feeling summery What Kat reader could resist the siren call of assorted miscellany? Webinars The Competition Law Association is holding three upcoming webinars: Analysing Algorithms: new frontiers in anti-trust, 3 June. What IP Practioners need to know about Competition Law, 15 June. Navigating Competition Law Issues... Continue reading
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BREAKING: Oral proceedings in G1/21 (ViCo) rescheduled due to procedural technicality

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has decided to reschedule oral proceedings for G1/21 due to a procedural technicality. The referral concerns the legality of conducting Board of Appeal oral proceedings by Video Conferencing (ViCo) without the consent of all parties. However, the substantive issues in the referral were... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Repeat filings after Monopoly: an exchange of views

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/guest-post-repeat-filings-after.html The beauty of the law is that different views are always possible. So, when Tobias Cohen Jehoram (Erasmus University Rotterdam and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek) and Irenah Klink (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek) reached out saying they had different views to those expressed in a recent Katpost covering the General Court... Continue reading
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Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of EU Copyright Law

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/book-review-routledge-handbook-of-eu.html The Routledge Handbook of EU Copyright Law is edited by our very own perma-Kat Professor of Eleonora Rosati, who (in case readers didn’t already know) is Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University, Guest Professor at... Continue reading
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[Guest post] De minimis uses and the German implementation of Art 17 DSM Directive

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/guest-post-de-minimis-uses-and-german.html As readers may know, Germany passed their implementation of Article 17 of the Digital Single Market (DSM) Copyright Directive on Thursday 20th May 2021. This new copyright legislation is controversial and has potentially dramatic implications for copyright users, rightsholders and platforms. As such, I am extremely grateful to our friend... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-surprises_23.html Webinars On May 28, the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) of Strasbourg University is organising an online conference ,“Hayao Miyazaki and the law: from dream to reality”. The conference will examine the works of the Japanese artist from various legal perspectives. The event will be held in... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_0698753221.html This Kat is all caught up This Kat is looking forward to a long weekend, but not before taking a look back at what went on last week on the IPKat. Copyright SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher reported on the latest developments in copyright infringement proceedings between UK collecting society PRS... Continue reading