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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/copyright-history-and-unappreciated.html Before there was the Statute of Anne (1709 or 1710, choose your calendar), there was a series of so-called licensing acts, dating from the 16th century and running until 1695, which regulated (censored?) printing and publishing in England in the interests of the Crown and the religious authorities. Law... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/uk-patent-exams-candidates-trial-of.html This week, candidates for the UK patent examination are trialling the online examination system “PEBX”. Candidates who are having issues with the trial system should email [email protected]. However, the PEB has already stated that, although they welcome candidate feedback, they will not be able to make any changes to the system... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/copyright-and-music-q.html This Kat spent lockdown writing a book all about copyright and music; looking at copyright management, infringement, enforcement, as well as AI and blockchain implications. She even created a playlist to go along with it, of the full immersive experience – you can listen on Apple Music or Spotify!... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/book-review-intellectual-property-and.html From Star Wars’s wars over uniforms to Banksy’s latest loss of trade mark rights, pop culture gradually made its way into intellectual property doctrine. The University of Strasbourg did not wait on the side-lines of these developments, and organised, in 2018, a conference on ‘Pop Culture and Intellectual Property’.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/guest-post-appeals-to-appointed-person.html The IPKat is pleased to publish this follow-up post from Ian Gill, who once again has been scouring decisions from the Appointed Person on trade mark appeals in the UK Intellectual Property Office. Nearly five months have passed since the original article in this series highlighting the low success... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/keeping-up-with-german-patent.html The German Kat takes a biteout of the meaty, German patent decisionsfrom 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 IPKat is... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_20.html A new week is fast approaching, but before we jump into that, let’s see what happened on the IPKat last week… PATENTS The UK patent exams are now fast approaching. To assist candidates in their preparation for the exams, the PEB has released some FD4/P6 (Infringement and validity)... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/around-ip-blogs_20.html Cat distancing Patents The Unitary Patent system keeps coming back to the pages of the IP blogs. Last week, the Preparatory Committee of the UPC published a press release, stating that ‘the unitary patent system [is] to be functional in near future’. Kluwer Patent Blog summed up the latest... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/memoriam-of-us-supreme-court-legend.html Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of the US Supreme Court, passed away on Friday 18th September 2020, just before the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, which according to the tenets of her Jewish faith, is the hour of death for the most righteous souls. And that she was. Her life was... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/09/west-african-cotton-company-limited-v.html In a decision issued pre-Covid19 lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, the Federal High Court of Nigeria held that the two registered designs belonging to the respondent, Hozelock Exel, were not new as the products made from the designs were similar to the products described in various shipping documents tendered in... Continue reading
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