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Rat Pack / RatPac – Not All Trade Mark Judges are Movie Producers

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/rat-pack-ratpac-not-all-trade-mark.html Many trade mark cases get decided based on how the “relevant public” understands a given sign in a given context. What public is “relevant” depends, of course, on the goods or services at issue. A recent decision from the German Federal Court of Justice looks into the question whether... Continue reading
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When free-riding someone else’s brand might be a win-win situation

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/when-free-riding-someone-elses-brand.html “Free rider” is one of those terms that seems objectionable, a fancy way of saying that someone is “getting something for nothing.” We can thank the economists, who observed circumstances in which people benefit from a public (think of a road) or communal (think of the trout population in... Continue reading
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Rick Ross wins legal beef with 50 Cent: the Second Circuit holds that 50 Cent’s Publicity Right claim is preempted by the Copyright Act

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/rick-ross-wins-legal-beef-with-50-cent.html Rick Ross (left); 50 Cent (right) Rappers 50 Cent and Rick Ross have been embroiled in a public dispute for more than a decade; what began with diss tracks back-and-forth has culminated in an important IP decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Considering the right of publicity... Continue reading
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[Guestpost]: IP implications of 3D printing, a new study

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/guestpost-ip-implications-of-3d.html The use, adoption and application of 3D printing has increased rapidly in recent times, particularly in the health sector during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic with schools, universities, organisations and individuals uniting to produce personal protective equipment (PPE), and life-saving respiratory valves. Recognising this growth in 3D printing,... Continue reading
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Keeping up with Dutch patent litigation: Half-year case law review 2020

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/dutch-patent-infringement-review-jan.html 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 doing a series of half-yearly “catch-ups” of the main European patent law jurisdictions before we all... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/around-ip-blogs_23.html A few months ago the world seemed to have taken a time-out. However, the time-out long gone and this IP world is buzzing again with news. This Kat has some of highlights here… Patents Federal Circuit indicates that conventional technologies can be used in unconventional ways! The U.S. Court... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/sunday-surprises_23.html In a cat’s eye Conferences and webinars On August 25th, the WIPO Nigeria Office and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center will conduct a practical webinar on WIPO alternative dispute resolution options for resolving entertainment disputes in Nigeria. Participation is free of charge, but registration through the link above... Continue reading
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IPKat Reader Discount: UIC John Marshall Law School’s 64th Annual IP Conference

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/ipkat-reader-discount-uic-john-marshall.html Registration is now open for UIC John Marshall Law School’s 64th Annual Intellectual Property (IP) Conference on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. For the first time, it will be online and accessible to anyone from their office or at home. With over 80 conference faculty, 14 sessions, virtual receptions, and... Continue reading
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Book Review: Law, Technology and Cognition

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/book-review-law-technology-and-cognition.html Our SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel University London, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy and Management, and the founder of World IP Women. She is also the author of a recent publication, Law, Technology and Cognition. The... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_19.html This Kat has sufficiency (of mice) objections Welcome to the latest IPKat roundup, which should especially cheer fans of patent news and views. Patents Kodak’s most recent endeavours, by way of an announced pivot to generic pharmaceutical manufacturing thanks to a US government COVID-response loan, swiftly followed by an... Continue reading