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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/around-ip-blogs.html Bring that news to me Let’s have a look at the newest news on the blogs… Patents The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on 21 April 2021 in the pending assignor estoppel case of Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc. The basic idea is that an inventor... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-surprises.html Events On May 4, Global Digital Encounters will hold its 12th event, “The Race for the Vaccine: From Invention to Effective Vaccination – IP as a Tool or as a Toll?”. Speakers from Europe, Israel, and North America will discuss how, in light of the COVID-crisis and IP-related issues... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat stayed up for May Day With a new month ahead, it’s time to look back on last week’s IPKat news and views. Patents GuestKat Rose Hughes summarised the recent decision T 1370/15 of the EPO Boards of Appeal, in which the Board of Appeal itself introduced an... Continue reading
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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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