• Book review: Art Law and the Business of Art

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-review-art-law-and-business-of-art.html This book review, of Art Law and the Business of Art, is brought to you by former Guest Kat Antonella Gentile, here’s what she says: The author introduces the reader in such world step by step since the preface where he underlines how the interplay between art and law has developed in... Continue reading

     
  • Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat is queen of all she surveys (including the fruit bowl) If you were too busy to catch up with the IPKat last week, never fear: your weekly round-up is here. CopyrightGuestKat Nedim Malovic reported on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Stim and... Continue reading

     
  • [Guest Post] COVID-19: The Invisible Enemy Revisited

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-covid-19-invisible-enemy.html The IPKat recently reported, here, on taken measures by the Israeli government to order the equivalent of a compulsory license to enable local companies to make use of the inventions in the search for effective treatment of the COVID-19 virus. Kat friends Alejandro Luna and Portia Guidotti (Olivares) consider... Continue reading

     
  • [Guest post] Czech court rules that placement of advertisements on a building constitutes a moral rights infringement

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-czech-court-rules-that.html The IPKat has become aware of an interesting moral rights judgment recently issued in the Czech Republic. Katfriends Juraj Vivoda and Martin Loučka (both at Taylor Wessing) explain what happened. Here’s what they write: Czech court rules that placement of advertisements on a building constitutes a moral rights infringement... Continue reading

     
  • Sunday Surprises

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/sunday-surprises.html Soaking up the last bit of the weekend. Although the weekend may be fast fading (but what’s the difference anymore?) the IPKat brings some other news to distract you, including some, perhaps, unbelievable news… Conferences INTA is back! INTA is scheduled to be held in Houston from 16 to... Continue reading

     
  • What happened to the “long tail” theory of commerce on the Internet?

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-happened-long-tail-theory-of.html More than 15 years ago, with Amazon.com already on the ascendant, all talk was about how the Internet promised to liberate commerce for both sellers and purchasers. There was no more prominent expression of that optimism than Chris Anderson’s notion of the long tail (“The Long Tail: Why the... Continue reading

     
  • Around the Blogs

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/around-blogs.html This Kat is getting cabin fever As we all adjust to new ways of living and working, the IP blogosphere is no exception. Patents Kluwer Patent Blog has reported on the patent implications of the German government’s amendments to the German Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious... Continue reading

     
  • [Guest post] Covid-19 Treatments: The Issue of Orphan Drug Status and Patents

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-covid-19-treatments-issue-of.html This Kat is very happy to post the Guest post of Katarina Foss-Solbrekk, a former LLM student at the European Intellectual Property Rights Masters Programme at Stockholm University (more about the programme here). Katarina is currently DPhil Candidate at Oxford University. Here’s what Katarina writes: Covid-19 The covid-19 pandemic... Continue reading

     
  • [Guest Post] Appeals to the Appointed Person in the UK – the unappealing truth

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-appeals-to-appointed-person.html We are delighted to host this guest post from Ian Gill, who has been combing through recent decisions by the Appointed Person, one of the two routes of appeal in respect of trade mark and (more rarely) design decisions made by the UK Intellectual Property Office… The odds are... Continue reading

     
  • Book Review; the CIPA Guide to the Patents Act by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, Ninth Edition

    http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/book-review-cipa-guide-to-patents-act.html Reviewing a book such as the CIPA Guide to the Patents Act is a dream for a patent nerd like this Kat. The “Black Book”, as it is widely known, is a comprehensive commentary to the Patents Act and the last edition  not only provides  updates but also includes... Continue reading