• Book review: Terrell on the Law of Patents

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/book-review-terrell-on-law-of-patents.html This book review is brought to you by Patent expert Dr Olga Gurgula, who is a Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel Law School, Brunel University London and Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Martin Programme on Affordable Medicines, University of Oxford. Here is what she has to say... Continue reading

     
  • Keeping up with French patent litigation: Half-year case law review 2020

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/keeping-up-with-french-patent.html Settle in with the Chat Français for some French carb loading of delicious, fresh patent decisions from the first half of 2020 Finding it difficult to keep up with an ever-changing world in the midst of a health, environmental, social and political crisis, while keeping up with patent law? Do not worry, the... Continue reading

     
  • IP student materials: what to think about when thinking about a trade mark opposition?

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/ip-student-materials-what-to-think.html What should one think about when tasked with drafting a trade mark opposition or defending a trade mark application? This is a question that junior lawyers and trainee trade mark attorneys quickly (and regularly) encounter in their professional roles, and can address also thanks to templates and/or guidance from... Continue reading

     
  • Around the IP Blogs

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/around-ip-blogs.html   Let’s have a look at what happened in the IP world last week… Patents Traditionally, before the Paris first instance court (tribunal judiciaire), the validity and infringement of a patent and, more rarely, the compensation for damages are addressed, pleaded and judged together. However, sometimes, the particular context... Continue reading

     
  • Sunday Surprises

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/sunday-surprises.html A Sunday escapade Conferences and webinars  On October 8-9, the HGF Law will hold the second set of webinars in a series of three Brexit-dedicated events. Webinar 2, which is free of charge, is dedicated to “Opposition and cancellation trade mark strategies in the run up to the end... Continue reading

     
  • Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html A Kat in the hand is worth two in the bush As ever, it’s never too late to benefit from the news and analysis posted under the IPKat’s auspices last week.Copyright The oft-unappreciated impact of the pre-Statute of Anne Licensing Acts was brought to the fore by PermaKat Neil... Continue reading

     
  • When you are a lawyer, what is confidential about a confidential settlement?

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/when-you-are-lawyer-what-is.html The law of confidence is protean at best, with no international framework and a wide diversity of national approaches. The circumstances in which the confidence arises also matters. Kat friend Paul McClelland reports on a judgment in Singapore concerning the use of confidential information gained from settlement negotiations. In... Continue reading

     
  • Book Review: Copyright’s Arc

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/book-review-copyrights-arc.html Image: Cambridge University Press (Facebook) In Copyright’s Arc, Martin Skladany (Penn State Dickinson Law) describes copyright as a global force, which is nevertheless governed by territorial laws and affected by national or regional dynamics. He rejects any ‘one-size-fits-all’ global copyright regime, and posits that copyright should be adapted to... Continue reading

     
  • Book review ”Proceedings before the European Patent Office” by Müller and Mulder

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/book-review-proceedings-before-european.html The book of Marcus Müller and Cees Mulder, “Proceedings before the European Patent Office. A Practical Guide to Success in Opposition and Appeal” is published under the Elgar Practical Guides series (2020). It constitutes a very practical, clear and hands-on guide on EPO proceedings directed to both the experienced... Continue reading

     
  • [Guest post] The presumption of authorship vs the deposit of the work in a recent Russian Supreme Court decision

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/10/guest-post-presumption-of-authorship-vs.html The IPKat is happy to host the following guest post by Katfriend Konstantin Voropaev on a recent decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the proof of authorship under Russian law. Here’s what Konstantin writes: Last week ago, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a far-reaching decision... Continue reading