In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/shining-light-on-insufficiency-t-128515.html One of the arguments heard again and again during opposition is that an Opponent’s insufficiency objection is merely a dressed-up clarity objection. The distinction is crucial, given that insufficiency is ground for opposing a patent whilst clarity is not (unless the clarity issues results from a post-grant amendment). In... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_9.html Into the woods Copyright Last week, Eleonora Rosati shared her extensive analysis of the Advocate’s General Opinion in Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18, which addressed a plethora of key issues of European copyright, namely the interpretation of the right of communication to the public for acts performed by user-uploaded... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/who-is-average-consumer-when.html What is the scope of assessment of ‘the average consumer’ in proceedings concerning the distinctive character of a sign? What could be said in relation to the public’s attention when it comes to advertising slogans/messages? Is it possible for the ‘average consumer’ to exert both a high and low... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/uk-patent-exams-update-proctoring.html The patent examination board (PEB) has issued another update on the online UK exams that will be held later this year. In a crucial update, the PEB has now announced that the third party proctoring software that the PEB were planning to use for the exams will now be... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/celgard-secures-uk-injunction-to.html Celgard has secured an interim injunction to prevent the supply in the UK of battery separators manufactured by its rival, Senior, which are alleged to misuse Celgard’s confidential information and/or trade secrets, in a High Court judgment from Mr Justice Trower (Celgard, LLC v Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co Ltd [2020]... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/friday-fantasies.html This Kat is looking out for new IP opportunities Welcome to another week of unmissable (unmiscable?) IP miscellany. Conferences & EventsHeld online from 7-9 September 2020, this year’s edition of ‘Standards and Patents: Law and Litigation’ offers opportunities to learn and network. IPKat readers can enjoy a 15% discount... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-improbable-marriage-of-popcorn-and_4.html A cottage industry on the internet has pondered the fate of the move theatre in a Covid-19 world, including this Kat, here. What is most notable is the seemingly ineluctable linking of a coronavirus-darkened movie theatre with the absence of the aroma of hot, fresh popcorn. Copyright and related... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/off-white-goods-not-inherently-or.html The luxury fashion brand ‘Off-White’ is renowned for unique collaborations with other well-known brands (Ikea, Nike and Jimmy Choo, to name a few), as well as its forays into the realm of IP registration, particularly in the US. From red zip ties to paperclip jewellery to even diagonal streetwalk lines, the... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/windowing-anti-competition-and.html Earlier in June, Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) published Amendments to the 6th Edition of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code (NBC Code amendments), after public presentation of the amendments to stakeholders in the broadcast media industry in Nigeria. The NBC Code amendments provide inter alia for web/online broadcasting, prohibition of... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-process-may-or-may-not-be-product.html Former Katonomist, Nicola Searle, brings her research attention in trade secrets to bear on the question of the extent to which trade secrets may impede the development of COVID-19 research and treatments. Like many economists, I was recently delighted to learn my training also makes me an epidemiologist, of... Continue reading
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