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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/remembering-clayton-christensen-how-has.html If asked to choose one concept that captured the zeitgeist of the high-tech boom at the dawn of the 21st century, it was “disruptive innovation”. Its basic premise was that an industry leader is most vulnerable to competition when the company does everything “right” but lurking in the shadows... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/breaking-epo-and-euipo-extend-all.html The EPO and EUIPO have announced that, in response to the disruption caused by COVID-19, deadlines at the offices will be extended. The EPO announced that all deadlines are extended until 17 April 2020. The announcement takes the form of a Notice in the Official Journal which can be... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/free-ip-studyrevision-materials-also-in.html At home and studying IP? The Coronavirus outbreak has been posing major challenges also to IP education, with many university classes now moving or already moved online. Besides the rich IPKat archive, I would like to list in this post some free IP materials I have developed over time... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/study-on-implications-of-25-year.html Currently, the Canadian government is considering implementing two legislative proposals concerning a 25-year reversion right for authors. Section 14(1) of the Canadian Copyright Act currently provides that the copyright in a work reverts automatically to the author’s estate twenty-five years after the author’s death. The operation of the present... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/guest-post-fashion-law-london.html On 28 February last, the third fashion law event organized by Fashion Law London took place in Central London. Megan Curzon (Bird & Bird) and Clara Chasles (Freshfields) were in attendance and now report on what happened that day. Here’s what Megan and Clara write: Fashion Law London: The Spring/Summer... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/has-skidmore-v-led-zeppelin-changed-us.html The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeal [in a 73 page judgement!] has upheld the verdict that Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven‘ did not infringe the copyright of the song ‘Taurus’. The case on Appeal involved a number of copyright issues, including the standards for infringement, the interplay between... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-surprises.html On a sunny Sunday morning in South Africa, this Kat brings you the latest news on all IP must-do’s! Conferences The European Copyright Society Conference will host its annual conference on 15 May 2020 in Karlsruhe. ‘Fundamental Rights and Copyright in the European Multi-Layer Legal System’ is a topic... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-broader-teachings-of-cjeu-fack-ju.html In late February, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited [the Opinion of Advocate General (AG) Bobek, on which see here, had been released in July 2019] judgment in Constantin Film, C-240/18 P, aka the Fack Ju Göhte case concerning the interpretation of the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/house-of-lords-eu-subcommittee-is-uk_13.html Last month, the UK Government revealed that the UK would not seek membership of the Unitary Patent Court (UPC). News of the UK Government’s position filtered out slowly. The first indications came in the form of the UK’s Brexit negotiating objectives. These objectives established the UK government’s “red line” that the UK will... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/03/cjeu-upholds-burlington-arcades-grounds.html Last week marked the end of a lengthy battle between Tulliallan Burlington (‘Tulliallan’), proprietor of the high class shopping arcade in central London, ‘Burlington Arcade’, and German Fashion GmbH (‘BF’). The dispute arose in response to the latter’s application for registration of the word mark ‘Burlington’ and other figurative... Continue reading
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