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[Guest Post] Privacy and Data Protection in Chinese Civil Code: First Clarification of Personal Data Protection from the Perspective of Civil Law in China

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/guest-post-privacy-and-data-protection.html This Kat is delighted to host a guest post by Zihao Li, a PhD candidate at CREATe, University of Glasgow, on privacy and data protection in the Chinese Civil Code. Here is what Zihao writes: On 28 May 2020, the first Chinese Civil Code (CCC) was adopted. It will... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat has constitutionality concerns Missing The IPKat’s posts as they come in doesn’t mean missing out: catch up on last week’s news and views in this edition of Never Too Late. CopyrightIn a guest post, KatFriend Hanne Kirk (Gorrissen Federspiel) considered the application of the CJEU’s Cofemel decision by Denmark’s... Continue reading
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The Patent Examination Board (PEB) releases further information on the 2020 UK patent exams

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-patent-examination-board-peb.html The Patent Examination Board (PEB) has released more information on the arrangements for the UK patent exams this year, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The information is buried on the PEB website, and can be accessed here. The PEB confirm their earlier indications that the UK exams will... Continue reading
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Breaking: US Supreme Court holds that “generic.com” marks are not necessarily generic – USPTO v. Booking.com

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/breaking-us-supreme-court-holds-that.html This morning, the US Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision regarding the “Booking.com” service mark. In United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com, the Court held that a mark consisting of a term that is generic for the class of goods or services offered and “.com” is not... Continue reading
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“Nosecco” appeal goes flat in the High Court

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/noescco-appeal-goes-flat-in-high-court.html Uncork the bottles – a resounding victory for the Prosecco producers in Les Grands Chais de France SAS v Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco [2020] EWHC 1633 (Ch), an appeal from the UK Intellectual Property Office which was heard in the High Court by Mr Justice Nugee. BackgroundIn... Continue reading
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How to deal with abusive patent enforcement within the EU enforcement framework

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-to-deal-with-abusive-patent.html Kat friends Prof. A. Strowel and Dr. A. Léonard share their thoughts on how to deal with abusive patent enforcement within the EU enforcement framework. The IP Enforcement Directive (2004/48) was originally meant to fight piracy and counterfeiting, in particular in the field of copyright. However, at the time... Continue reading
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Monday Miscellany

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/monday-miscellany.html That Monday feeling after a short weekend. The IPKat hopes you still have some openings in your schedule, because here are some exciting events…Conferences IP Tech Summit 2020 is taking place in Munich from 3 to 4 December 2020 within Microsoft’s premises! More information is available here. Webinars The... Continue reading
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The National Copyright Administration of China: no more ‘black hole drama’ in the image market

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-national-copyright-administration.html On 11 June 2020, the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) issued the first document of 2020: The Notice on Regulating the Copyright Order of Photographic Works (‘the Notice’). The full text is accessible here (in Chinese). The Notice, as a departmental regulation (the NCAC is under the State Council), does... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] These boots are made for walking…and not for copyright protection

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/guest-post-these-boots-are-made-for.html The IPKat is delighted to host another guest post from Hanne Kirk and her team at Gorrissen Federspiel (Denmark), this time regarding a decision from the Danish Supreme Court which demonstrates that the debate caused by the CJEU’s landmark Cofemel decision is far from over. These boots are made for... Continue reading
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When the consumer getting the mark all wrong might be good for the brand holder

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/when-consumer-getting-mark-all-wrong.html Using a foreign language word as a trademark is often fraught with risk. After all, if the purpose of a mark is to provide an unequivocal marketing message while serving as a badge of origin, the last thing that such a mark should have happen is to be misapprehended.... Continue reading