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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/tiktok-signs-copyright-licensing.html Social media platform TikTok has caused anarchy in the music industry – on the one hand, it is pushing music up the charts but on the hand, it has been in a year long disagreements with industry representatives about copyright. However, TikTok has now signed a copyright licensing agreement... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/event-report-intas-first-online_28.html Here is the report on the second day of INTA’s online conference, Brands in Society: Their Influence and Responsibility. Review here the post on the first day of the event. Opening remarks and keynote Signe Naeve (Starbucks) and Pieter van den Bulck (AB InBev) co-chaired the session, in which... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/european-council-authorises-signature.html On 20 July 2020, the European Council announced its decision on the agreement between the EU and China on Geographical Indications (GIs). Mr Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the European Council’s decision two days later in the regular press conference and stated that China... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/euipo-fourth-board-of-appeal-says-that.html In a recent decision, the EUIPO Fourth Board of appeal did not consider it relevant that the public might understand the contested figurative mark as meaning “land of wood” (“legno” in Italian means “wood”) and that the message conveyed to consumers would be that the goods sold under the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-ag-opinion-in-youtubecyando.html AG Saugmandsgaard Øe A few days ago, The IPKat reported on Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe’s Opinion in Joined Cases C-682/18 YouTube and C-683/18 Cyando. When the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issues its judgment, it will have the opportunity to determine: Whether user-uploaded content (UUC)... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/academic-spotlight-ii-borghetti-nikolic.html The second post in this academic spotlight miniseries [see here for part I on NPE activity] is on a study by Jean-Sébastien Borghetti, Igor Nikolic and Nicolas Petit, entitled ‘FRAND licensing levels under EU law‘ [here]. This paper was discussed in a webinar hosted by 4IPCouncil called FRAND licensing... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/whats-in-name-international-olympic.html Were it not for the pandemic, many Kat readers would currently be following the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. As admittedly small comfort, the IPKat can at least report about some Olympic IP news, while waiting for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad of the modern era. Baron Pierre de... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/sunday-surprises_26.html Joint IPKat/BLACA Live Webinar on AG Opinion in YouTube/Cyando Earlier this week, The IPKat and the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA) partnered together to offer a free live webinar discussing the content of the recent Advocate General’s Opinion in Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18 [here]. Chaired by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/submariner-vs-mariner-when-sailor.html Trademark law in Singapore is always interesting, not the least because of the role that passing off and reputation can take. Kat friend Denise Loh describes for us how all of this played out in a recent decision by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore involving an opposition filed... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_25.html This Kat likes the flowers (and maybe even the bumblebees) If you didn’t get the chance to keep up with The IPKat last week, never fear: this week’s roundup is here. Copyright The big copyright news last week came in the form of Advocate General Øe’s Opinion in Joined Cases... Continue reading
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