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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/fashion-law-london-virtual-fashion-law.html Quarantine-mandated attire or deliberate fashion choice? At a time when ‘social’ – or, rather, physical – distancing has become a given, ‘non-essential’ shops have been and in several countries are still closed, and no events can be held in person, here is a series of webinars organised by Fashion... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/want-to-understand-goodwill-ask-cat-dog.html An unanticipated outcome of this Kat’s lockdown experience has been a reappreciation for the local stores on high street and how they come to enjoy goodwill. Somehow, considering the goodwill of Walmart or Apple is not the same as talking about the goodwill of a neighborhood store. “Okay, Kat,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/sunday-surprises.html Summer moves on Webinars The second session of the FIDE (Legal and Business Research Foundation) and TIPSA (Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy) Global Digital Encounters is scheduled for 28 May. After a successful first encounter, dedicated to the challenges of the IP system in a post-crisis environment, this second session... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/around-ip-blogs_23.html In the mood for a run? Well, let me take you for a run around the IP blog… Patents Dreaming about the day that I can play golf again… The antiviral drug, remdesivir, has emerged as the new standard of care for COVID-19 patients. Written Descriptionlooked at the innovation... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_22.html This Kat is inspired by nature If you’ve been too busy (or perhaps, like this Dublin Kat, spent a little too much time in the rare May sun) to keep abreast of the latest IPKat posts, read on for the latest digest. CopyrightGuestKat Léon Dijkman provided a commentary on a... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/breaking-us-copyright-office-finds.html Today, the US Copyright Office released its much-awaited Report on Section 512 of the US Copyright Act, which was enacted in 1998 as part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and introduced the so called ‘safe harbor’ system into US law. As readers following all things intermediaries will know,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/privacy-rights-and-social-media-can.html From recreation of famous paintings using household materials to baking sourdough breads with home-made starters: the lockdown has prompted many of us to explore new hobbies. So, too, this Kat. The curiosity spread to the legal domain, and I was grateful to do some reading on issues outside my... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/bad-faith-grounds-for-invalidating-eutm.html Kat friend Matej Michalec discusses a decision by EUIPO’s Cancellation Division, regarding bad faith in an invalidation action involving Chinese character marks, which merits particular attention. The famous Chinese writer Lu Xun is said to had expressed the view that “either the Chinese characters are abolished, or China perishes“.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/milan-court-rules-against-antonio.html Last month, the Milan Court of First Instance issued a decision (sentenza 2539/2020, available on darts-ip and already commented here) concerning the alleged infringement, by fashion house Antonio Marras, of copyright (both economic and moral rights) in the photograph below, which the latter had used without the photographer’s authorization... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/lessons-in-legal-fudge-from-eba-in.html The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) decision in G3/19 is a beautiful example of legal fudge. G3/19 brings to an end the see-sawing the EPO has experienced in recent years over the issue of the patentability of plants and animals produced by essentially biological processes. Since the EBA decision in G2/12 (Broccoli/Tomato II), the EBA/Board... Continue reading
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