In: The IPKat BLOG
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
In: The IPKat BLOG
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
In: The IPKat BLOG
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
In: The IPKat BLOG
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
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/academic-spotlight-i-sterzi.html In between chasing birds and lounging on her editors’ desks, Merpel occasionally reads some of the materials that pass over them. Recently, she came across two academics publications that may be of particular interest to patent-oriented readers of IPKat. This post, therefore, kicks off a two-part miniseries, which will... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/lord-justices-floyd-and-arnold-disagree.html Some of the best inventions are the most simple. When judging the inventiveness of a simple invention, it is difficult not to be prejudiced by hindsight. An invention may seem obvious once an inventor has pointed the way, making it hard to recognise the inventive leap that was required. The... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/guest-post-anne-blacks-copyright-battle.html The IPKat team is grateful to Hanne Kirk and her team at Gorrissen Federspiel (Denmark) for an update on the fascinating copyright dispute involving the designer, Anne Black: Last year, this GuestKat wrote her first IPKat post about the decision from the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court in the... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/breaking-eqe-to-be-held-online-next-year.html IPKat has received the breaking news that the EPO plans to move the EQE online next year (many thanks to Katfriend Gwilym Roberts for sending us the news!). The information comes from the EPO president himself in the final episode of the popular “Two IPs In A Pod” podcast,... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-closing-of-chinese-consulate-in.html Former Katonomist, Nicola Searle, has devoted significant research attention as Senior Lecturer and Digital Economy Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, to the issue of trade secrets. She brings her insights to the issue of the closure by the U.S. government of the Chinese consulate in Houston. With countries... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/breaking-eqe-to-be-held-online-next.html Many readers will have attended yesterday’s CIPA seminar on the upcoming PEB exams. If you missed it, a recording of the webinar can be heard here. Vicki Salmon (chairman of the CIPA Education Committee) introduced the webinar. Mike Williams from the PEB Governance Board first provided some further details on... Continue reading
Designed by Industrial Action
Copyright © 2025 OPUS IP Limited. All Rights Reserved
OPUS IP Limited: COMPANY & OTHER LEGAL INFORMATION