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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/guest-post-translations-of-article-17.html Last year, as part of a DSM Directive series [here, here, here, here, here, here], The IPKat unveiled an issue with seemingly inconsistent translations of the directive into the EU official languages, notably the phrase ‘best efforts’ in Article 17 therein. Now, Aline Larroyed has looked into this issue in greater... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/around-ip-blogs.html It’s Sunday, which means it is time to catch up on what happened on other IP blogs in the past week… Think I’m just gonna lay here all day… Patents The UPC Preparatory Committee has reacted with enthusiasm to the approval in the German Bundestag of the ratification... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/sunday-surprises.html A midday nap Conferences, webinars On December 8, the University of Strasbourg will hold a webinar on “Legal aspects of the gaming universe”. The participants willinter alia discuss IP implications of game mods for gameplay changes. The participation is free of charge. On December 15, the EUIPO Academy will... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/in-memoriam-prof-sterling.html J.A.L. Sterling – In Memoriam 17 April 1927 – 29 November 2020 Of Middle Temple, Honorary Member, BLACA, Consultant to Lamb Chambers, Professorial Fellow, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London John Adrian Lawrence Sterling was a colossal figure in the advocacy and teaching of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/australian-high-court-overturns-160.html It is a broadly accepted principle of patent law throughout the world that patent rights in a product are exhausted on sale. The product become the personal property of the purchaser who may then dispose of it as they see fit, including resale. Despite this generally accepted principle, there... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/eqe-2021-further-details-on-examination.html The EPO has released the first detailed information for candidates on the arrangements for the online pre-EQE and EQE next year. Full details can be read here. The examinations are scheduled to take place the week of 1 March 2021. The online exams will be taken using the dramatically... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat is feeling festive As temperatures drop and the winter nights draw in, what better way to unwind than catching up on last week’s IPKat? Copyright European Union law in the field of website blocking injunctions – especially against the third-party sale of devices and software meant to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/ifim-holiday-seminar-tales-of-new.html The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University, of which I have the honour and pleasure of being the new Director, is organizing a new event which will be of interest to those working on and researching the following topics: Damages in IP cases Copyright... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/12/is-it-time-to-move-on-from-ai-inventor.html This Kat has long argued that the discussion of AI inventorship is premature (IPKat: The mirage of AI invention – nothing more than advanced trial and error?). However, the subject of AI inventorship remains (for want of a better word) trendy. Following the widely publicised submission of two patent... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/wondering-how-to-draft-order-for.html The High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, has come out with another ruling concerning blocking injunctions, this time in the case of Matchroom Boxing Ltd and another v British Telecommunications plc and others [2020] EWHC 2868 (Ch) (here). The case involved an application... Continue reading
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