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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/no-get-out-of-jail-free-card-for-hasbro.html Monopoly may not be quite a favourite in the board gaming community, but the eponymous trade mark decision of last week by the General Court (GC) is sure to become a darling of trade mark professionals. The GC affirmed an important 2019 ruling by the European Union Intellectual Property... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/translation-what-biblical-tower-of.html We typically talk about distribution of copyright contents in terms of technology, from ink and parchment to digital transmission. But if distribution is about how to get contents to the widest population, then there is an additional factor: how to communicate these contents to a polyglot public. Here, the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/guest-post-go-forth-and-reimplement.html As IPKat readers will know, a few weeks ago the US Supreme Court delivered its much-awaited judgment in Google v Oracle. The IPKat is now pleased to host an analysis of the ruling by Kasper Drazewski (BEUC). Here’s what Kasper writes: Go forth and reimplement your APIs: the April... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-titanic-appeal-sunk-by-ice-cube.html Kat friend Ian Gill reports on how miniscule trademark use may be enough to support a passing off claim and maintain a EU trademark registration. Don’t be fooled: decision O/050/21 is not just another unsuccessful appeal to the UK Appointed Person (approximately 85% of such appeals are unsuccessful). Underlying... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/hacon-hhj-and-seed-drill-intentionality.html Does a tree falling in a forest make a sound? The answer to this epistemological cliché (and whether or not you care) depends on your philosophical leanings. Patent law has its own clear answer to the question. In UK patent law, the mere potential for prior public use to have... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/celebrating-world-ip-day-with-topodoco.html Today’s World IP Day and the 80th birthday celebration of IP giant Sir Robin Jacob. The IPKat is pleased to mark this year’s festivities by helping unveil Topodo.co, brought to our readers by EUIPO’s Arnaud Folliard-Monguiral. Arnaud explains what it is all about: Who is Topodo.co? This is the stage... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/jeff-bezos-loses-trade-mark-battle-at.html In an interesting decision earlier this year, the General Court upheld the EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal’s decision regarding a likelihood of confusion between the Bezos Family Foundation’s application for EU trade mark (EUTM) registration of ‘VROOM’, the name of a global programme aimed at facilitating early brain development,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_25.html Trade marks GuestKat Riana Harvey analysed a recent decision from the England and Wales High Court (EWHC) in Swatch AG v Apple Inc. This case revolved around Swatch’s trade mark applications for “SWATCH ONE MORE THING” and “ONE MORE THING”. The phrase, “One more thing”, is also known as... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/sunday-surprises_25.html Whooohoooo! This Kat is so excited for this week – it’s World IP Day!World IP Day Surprise! Tomorrow we’ll be celebrating the World IP Day, with a colourful project playing with, and often distorting, concepts of IP law.An original tribute to IP you shouldn’t miss! Webinars The Institute for... Continue reading
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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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