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[Guest post] The IP world in the time of Coronavirus – Episodes 1 to 3 of the Retromark: Live podcast

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-ip-world-in-time-of.html There have been certain obvious impacts on the IP industry as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. In a series of Retromark: Live! podcasts, Katfriends Darren Meale (Simmons & Simmons) and Rosie Burbidge (gunnercooke) have brought a number of them to the attention of the IP community. In this... Continue reading
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Around the IP blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/around-ip-blogs.html Blending in with the easter bunny What can be better than a Sunday stuffed with easter eggs? A Sunday stuffed with easter eggs and IP news… Patents On 28 March 2020 amendments to Germany’s Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Humans (Gesetz zur Verhütung und... Continue reading
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WIPO: China becomes top filer of international patents in 2019

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/wipo-china-becomes-top-filer-of.html The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) press release on 7 April announced that China, for the first time ever, was the top filer of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2019: With 58,990 applications filed in 2019 via WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System, China ended the U.S. (57,840... Continue reading
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EUIPO Boards of Appeal adopt set of unified Rules of Procedure

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/euipo-boards-of-appeal-adopt-set-of.html With Decision 2020-1 of 2020 of the Presidium of the Boards of Appeal on The Rules of Procedure before the Boards of Appeal, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has, for the first time in twenty years, agreed on a single comprehensive set of rules to be applied to... Continue reading
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Book review: Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, Customary Law and Intellectual Property

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-review-traditional-knowledge.html In February of 2019, this Kat participated in the 2019 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, which prominently featured issues of traditional knowledge and the preservation of genetic resources. As a result, this Kat was very excited to review Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, Customary Law and Intellectual Property... Continue reading
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General Court allows registration of CORNEREYE … and an argument based on Brexit (briefly) appears

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/general-court-allows-registration-of.html In light of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s 3-week court hiatus, this Kat has decided to take a look back at some of the March cases that passed by, starting with case T-688/18, where the General Court (GC) not only overturned the decision of the EUIPO... Continue reading
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Friday Fantasies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/friday-fantasies.html Searching for options to broaden your horizons? Here’s our compilation of this week’s opportunities! Curioser and curioser Vacancies The European Court of Justice is seeking to contract lawyer-linguists qualified in either Danish, Greek/Cypriot, French/Belgian/Luxembourgish, Croatian or Polish law. Selected candidates will be hired in grade AD7. Conferences CEIPI has... Continue reading
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PDOs/PGIs from France and Italy are amending their production specifications to cope with the lockdown

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/pdospgis-from-france-and-italy-are.html The cat that got his cream In times of coronavirus lockdown, small farmers from all over Europe are complaining about the near impossibility to sell their products, as restaurants are shutting down and private buyers are not able to reach the farms. But the lockdown impact to their businesses... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Red Stripes for Ex-President

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-red-stripes-for-ex-president.html One of the great privileges I have enjoyed while studying intellectual property law at Chicago-Kent College of Law is the opportunity to discuss IP issues from around the world with the variety of JD and LLM students that come to Chicago to study law. Before Covid-19 pushed all of... Continue reading
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“A girl has no name”: Does the decision in MCSN v COSON and 2 Others have any impact on copyright collective administration in Nigeria?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-girl-has-no-name-does-decision-in.html Names… Last month, the Nigerian Federal High Court delivered its judgment in the case of Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (MCSN) v Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (COSON) and 2 Others (FHC/L/CS/274/2010), directing the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AG) to take necessary... Continue reading