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Long walk to copyright reform (Pt 2): South Africa’s National Assembly rescinds its decision to pass the Copyright Amendment Bill

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/long-walk-to-copyright-reform-pt-2.html After months of discussion, South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry reached a formal decision on the President’s reservations in respect of the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill (PPAB). [The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry is part of the National Assembly/Parliament] As... Continue reading
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English Court of Appeal tightened requirement for Crown use defence to apply, so when will it?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/english-court-of-appeal-tightened.html The Crown Use defence – less ofa crown, and more of a collar? Back in February, the Court of Appeal in IPCom v Vodafone [2021] EWCA Civ 205 overturned the first instance decision of Mr Recorder Douglas Campbell QC who held that Vodafone could benefit from what seems to be the... Continue reading
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[Breaking News] The Digital Scholarship Institute is launching its activities

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-news-digital-scholarship.html The Digital Scholarship Institute is launching its activities by the publication of “The Aequitas Principles on Online Due Process”, which can be accessed on the new website of the Institute, here. The Digital Scholarship Institute is focused on facilitating norm-setting processes in the context of balancing online rights such... Continue reading
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Does the Irish Court of Appeal in Merck v Clonmel part ways from the CJEU’s Santen Article 3(d) decision?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/does-irish-court-of-appeal-in-merck-v.html Last year’s CJEU decision in Santen (C-673/18) was an usually clear judgment on a question that had dogged SPC case law for years: whether there are any circumstances in which an SPC may be based on a second marketing authorisation for a product. In Santen (C-673/18) the CJEU rejected its own previous... Continue reading
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Keeping up with Dutch patent litigation: second half-year case law review 2020

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/keeping-up-with-dutch-patent-litigation.html The DutchKat taking some timein her box to focus on just one thing – the latest half-year patent review (and her pink jingle ball) Last year the IPKat started a series recapping patent litigation in some of the major patent litigation jurisdictions in Europe (see reports from the Netherlands, Germany and... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/around-ip-blogs_16.html This Kat is ready for her close-up Another week, another voyage around the blogs. Copyright International obligations for criminal liability for copyright infringement were discussed from a New Zealand angle on the Kluwer Copyright Blog, especially in relation to whether Kim Dotcom (and others) should be extradited to the... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-surprises_16.html It’s the weekend and this Kat would like to spoil you with some great news… Webinars It’s Sunday! To celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of EU Copyright Law, edited by IFIM Director, Prof Eleonora Rosati, IFIM is delighted to host an online conference on 26 May... 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_16.html Trade Marks Eleonora Rosati reported on a new CJEU referral concerning the role of intermediaries (in this case, online marketplaces) in trade mark infringement. The referral, initiated as part of a national infringement case in Belgium, asks the CJEU whether an online marketplace may be held directly liable for... Continue reading
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IP Events at UIC Law: Inaugural IP Master Class Report & Upcoming Events

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/ip-events-at-uic-school-of-law.html The AmeriKat has been somewhat preoccupied by her day job over the last few weeks, so is now starting to address her overflowing Kat-related mail tray. One such IP report was that of the virtual IP Master Class seminar held by UIC Law Center for Intellectual Property, Information, and... Continue reading
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Shady’s back: Quantifying damages for copyright infringement of Eminem’s album

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/shadys-back-quantifying-damages-for.html The calculation of damages for copyright infringement is something that this Kat finds to be curious, sometimes sending her into a fuurrry, and other times she’s left wondering why the parties wasted their time over such a small recovery. She’ll let readers decide for themselves where this case falls… ... Continue reading