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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-review-patent-games-in-global-south.html On this Kat’s night stand during the long, locked-down nights in Florence was Amaka Vanni’s monograph Patent Games in the Global South: Pharmaceutical Patent Law-Making in Brazil, India and Nigeria (Hart 2020). Vanni is not just a legal scholar, but also a documentary filmmaker—and it shows in her writing.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-conceptual-comparison-and.html Kats come back, even if not on the very next day. This time it is former Guest Kat Antonella Gentile, who has kindly provided IPKat with a report of the recent EUIPO gathering (“Tertulia”) on recent trademark case law. This blogger recently had the opportunity to attend the EUIPO... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-post-implementation-of-article-17.html The IPKat is pleased to host the following guest post by Martin Senftleben and Christina Angelopoulos, focusing on the forthcoming national transpositions of Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 (CDSMS) [Katposts here] and what lies ahead for EU policy and law. Here’s what Martin and Christina write: The Implementation of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/mind-gap-beijing-ip-court-explains.html The Beijing IP Court (the Court), founded on 6 November 2014, has been playing an active role in the promotion of IP protection through various means, e.g. by holding press conferences addressing specific topics (see a previous IPKat post: Beijing IP Court: let’s talk about short video copyrights) and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-post-christmas-wish-for-jamaica.html The IPKat is delighted to host the following contribution by Dr Natalie Corthèsy, Associate Dean of Outreach and Continuing Legal Education and Lecturer in Law at The Faculty of Law The University of the West Indies Mona Campus Jamaica, on recent IP developments in her beautiful home country. Here’s... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/competition-law-in-pharmaceutical.html Readers interested in the application of competition law principles in the pharmaceutical sector will be pleased to learn that the annual conference on ‘Competition Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector’ will be also running this year, though – for reasons obvious to everyone – in an online format. Taking place... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/two-arnolds-for-price-of-one-part-2.html The second (and final) part of our series of Court of Appeal judgments in breach of confidence cases concerns The Racing Partnership Limited and Ors v Sports Information Services Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 1300. The dispute was factually complex, and the judge at first instance (Zacaroli J) really had the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-post-sisvel-v-xiaomi-seps-and.html Katfriends Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Luke McDonagh (London School of Economics) kindly provided the following post on a recent decision by the District Court of the Hague in the ongoing patent battle between Sisvel and Xiaomi [here, prior Katposts on the preliminary injunction proceedings here and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/guest-book-review-european-court.html European Court Procedure: A Practical Guide by Viktor Luszcz (previously Référendaire at the General Court of the EU, and currently a Member of the Budapest Bar) aims to provide a comprehensive reference tool for practising lawyers, offer guidance to national judges dealing with cases raising points of EU law and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_15.html This Kat is extending the paw of regional and global cooperation Last week was a busy one for the world at large, though perhaps not so much for the IPKat. Nevertheless, here’s what happened. Trade Marks Halloween may be over for another year, but the search for so-called zombie... Continue reading
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