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CJEU rules that linking can be restricted by contract, though only by using effective technological measures

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/cjeu-rules-that-linking-can-be.html Can a rightholder restrict linking by contract, eg by imposing the adoption of technological measures? This, in a nutshell, is the core issue at the heart of the referral to the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in VG Bild-Kunst, C-392/19, which was... Continue reading
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2021 US Copyright Compendium Series #2: Court Decisions

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/2021-us-copyright-compendium-series-2.html Last week, this Kat began exploring the most important revisions from the 2021 version of the Compendium of US Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition. The series began with a discussion of the Office’s expanded treatment of an otherwise scantly mentioned category of work, works of artistic craftmanship. This post... Continue reading
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Second medical use dosage regimen claim successfully traverses both insufficiency and “obvious-to-try” attacks (T 0799/16)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/second-medical-use-dosage-regieme-claim.html The decision in T 0799/16 is a rare example of dose claim found both sufficient and inventive by the EPO Boards of Appeal. The claim was found to be sufficiently disclosed over the entire scope of the claim, despite the claimed treatment being shown as non effective in almost two thirds of... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/around-ip-blogs.html Copyright Grumpy Cat, one of the world’s most famous cats, passed away in 2019 at the age of seven. Back then, some wise Kats already looked into the IP-implications behind the Grumpy cat’s story. Still, that 2019 post on the IPKat could report on only one court case at... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Let’s have a look at what the Kats were up to last week… PATENTS A very busy kat… The High Court decision in Illumina v MGI hit the IP headlines for its application of the Supreme Court decision in Regeneron v Kymab. Rose Hughes brought part 2 of... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Appeals to the Appointed Person in the UK – the unappealing truth (part 3)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/guest-post-appeals-to-appointed-person.html The IPKat is delighted to welcome back Ian Gill, with his round-up of the latest trade mark registry appeals to the Appointed Person. A further 19 decisions have issued since the second article in this series and the success rate remains consistently low, with just two successful decisions in... Continue reading
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Spanish Supreme Court applies Cofemel and rules that bullfighting cannot be protected by copyright

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/spanish-supreme-court-applies-cofemel.html Miguel Ángel Perera Díaz in a faena A bullfight (in Spanish: corrida; the final stages are called faena) is a contest that involves a bullfighter (a matador) and a bull, in which the former seeks to subdue, immobilize or kill the animal in accordance with a set of rules. The... Continue reading
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Saturday Sundries

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/saturday-sundries.html This Kat is a model student Spring has sprung (or at least had, according to this Kat’s view from the window of surprise snowfall) and a season of IP events and opportunities awaits. Conferences & Events PermaKat Prof. Eleonora Rosati will be among the speakers at this year’s edition... Continue reading
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Trade secrets in the wild (Part 1): some economics of cybersecurity investment

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/trade-secrets-in-wild-part-1-some.html Former Katonomist, Dr. Nicola Searle, has for several years engaged in research on the economics of trade secrets, cybersecurity and cybercrime. She shares some of her most recent thoughts with IPKat readers. “Ah”, the internet. So fascinating. So wonderful. Here, we see the world of cybercrime, teaming with life.... Continue reading
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A chaotic start to the eEQEs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-chaotic-start-to-eeqes.html Today is the first day of the online EQE (eEQE), following on from Monday’s online pre-EQE . Unfortunately, it seems that things have not begun well. Reports have reached this Kat that some candidates experienced significant issues with the online system during the first session of Paper D today. The... Continue reading