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Long walk to copyright reform: South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill is back to the National Assembly

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/long-walk-to-copyright-reform-south.html Last week, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa exercised his powers under section 79(1) of South Africa’s Constitution to refer the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill (PPAB) back to the National Assembly on the grounds that he has reservations about the constitutionality of the two bills.... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal applies C-21/18 Textilis in long-running pillow fight

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/guest-post-swedish-patent-and-market.html Following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) judgment in Textilis C-21/18 (commented on The IPKat here and here), readers will be happy to discover that the referring court, the Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal, has now decided the case further to the guidance received... Continue reading
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French Constitutional Court (partly) quashes Avia law on notice-and-take down for illegal speech

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/french-constitutional-court-partly.html Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe On May 13, the French Senate adopted in final reading the Law aimed at combating illegal speech on the internet, also known as Avia law after its original proponent, Laetitia Avia. At the heart of the Law lie two notice-and-take down mechanisms: the first requires... Continue reading
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General Court annuls EUIPO Board of Appeal decision on invalidity of Louis Vuitton chequerboard pattern

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/general-court-annuls-euipo-board-of.html When it comes to decorative patterns, registration as a trade mark may, in some instances, serve as an ideal form of IP protection – free from the originality conditions of copyright as well as the novelty and individual character requirements of design protection. Nonetheless, trade mark protection poses evidentiary... Continue reading
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Italian Supreme Court rules that technical regulation (drafted by an IP lawyer) may be *in principle* protected by copyright

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/italian-supreme-court-rules-that.html Lively drafting session … Is an anticounterfeiting service regulation drafted by an IP lawyer protected by copyright? This, in a nutshell, is the question at the heart of the dispute initially brought by said IP lawyer against the organizers of a trade fair in the Venice area, who had... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_20.html In the quiet of your weekend, the IPKat is sure that you are looking for some interesting articles to indulge in. The IPKat brings the highlights from last week’s IPKat… This Kat busy enjoying the weekend… PATENTS The courts of UK, Germany and the Netherlands are about to address several of... Continue reading
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Around the IP blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/around-ip-blogs_20.html Wake up call Copyright In a series of dedicated posts, the Kluwer Copyright Blog looked into the Dutch bill for the transposition of the DSM Copyright Directive 2019/790 into this Member State’s own law (here, here and here). The issues covered in the posts include the press publishers’ right,... Continue reading
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Wednesday Whimsies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/wednesday-whimsies.html This Kat is hoping to absorb knowledge by osmosis As many parts of the world slowly reopen, one can still enjoy IP-related events from the comfort of home. EventsThe third event in FIDE and TIPSA’s #GlobalDigitalEncounters series on the future of Intellectual Property in a post-crisis world will take... Continue reading
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US Copyright Office Review Board allows registration of Abercrombie & Fitch’s Store Front Sculpture

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/us-copyright-office-review-board-allows.html In a decision issued in June 2020, the US Copyright Office Review Board (CORB) reversed the earlier findings of the US Copyright Office concerning an application to register Abercrombie & Fitch’s Store Front Sculpture. The CORB found that this work exhibits copyrightable authorship. The three-dimensional sculpture consists of the... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/06/around-ip-blogs_14.html The world is slowly returning to its old rapid pace, which means there is a lot happening in the IP world! The IPKat has highlighted some of the latest IP news for you. Patents This Kat is excited for the new week! Colombian congressmen together with a group of... Continue reading