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Around the Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/around-blogs_22.html This Kat is looking for a good anti-wrinkle cream Welcome to this week’s roundup of interesting stories from around the IP blogosphere. CopyrightIf you’ve been putting your socially-distanced time to good use (i.e. spending a lot of time on Netflix), you may have become a fan of a certain... Continue reading
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In Memoriam Albert Uderzo – How Asterix’s Father Shaped IP Law

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/in-memoriam-albert-uderzo-how-asterixs.html Albert Uderzo, born Alberto Aleandro Uderzo, passed away on 24 March 2020 at age 92. Uderzo’s name is best known to the world as the illustrator, and later (after the death of his co-author René Goscinny), scriptwriter of the Asterix comic books. The comic series, which recently turned 60,... Continue reading
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“SUPERMAN” enjoys high degree of recognition, says EUIPO Opposition Division

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/superman-enjoys-high-degree-of.html In an interesting decision delivered earlier this month concerning an opposition filed by DC Comics, which owns the figurative mark “SUPERMAN” (pictured below), the EUIPO Opposition Division acknowledged that this mark enjoys a high degree of recognition and, as such, is eligible for protection under Article 8(5) EU Trade... Continue reading
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Singapore court modifies the Coco test for breach of confidence

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/singapore-court-modifies-coco-test-for.html The three-part test for breach of confidence set out in the English case of “Coco v AN Clark (Engineers) Ltd” [1969] RPC 41 is well known to common-law practitioners. Kat friend Shawn Poon reports on a recent judgment in Singapore that applies a modified approach. In the decision of... Continue reading
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Around the IP blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/around-ip-blogs_19.html Curious about the latest developments in the IP world? Take a look at our overview of the IP blogosphere. An unconventional cat Copyright SpicyIP looked into the copyright protection of unpublished works under Indian law. Although the subsistence of copyright is dependent upon the fact of creation, the publication... Continue reading
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EPO extends deadlines until 4 May 2020 in response to COVID-19

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/epo-extends-deadlines-until-4-may-2020.html The EPO has announced an extension of the extraordinary measures it previously put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the EPO announced that all deadlines would be extended to 17 April 2020 (IPKat here). In view of the continuing crisis, the EPO has now issued... Continue reading
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DSM Directive: French Competition Authority orders Google to negotiate Remuneration with Press Publishers

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/dsm-directive-french-competition.html One year ago today, the European Parliament and the Council officially adopted the Directive on copyright and related rights in the digital single market (DSM Directive, 2019/790 EU). After the dust has settled on some of its more controversial provisions (see Eleonora Rosati’s Katpost series here, here, here, here... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Retromark Volume VII: the last six months in trade marks

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/guest-post-retromark-volume-vii-last.html It’s time for the seventh volume of Retromark, Darren Meale (Simmons & Simmons)’s rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. Over to Darren: Retromark Volume VII: the last six months in trade marks It’s now three years since I began Retromark, and we are on... Continue reading
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IP Education Series #7

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/ip-education-series-7.html For the final instalment in the IP Education Series [previous episodes: Intro, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6], it’s over to Prof. Ruth Soetendorp to introduce two contributions, the first from Hannah Yates (UK Intellectual Property Office), and the second from Joe Sekhon (Portsmouth University). Prof. Soetendorp says… It has been a privilege to work with... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_16.html Looking at what happened in the IP world the last week, it is safe to say that it is not also in lockdown. See here for enjoyment… This African Kat in lockdown PATENTS China was, for the first time ever, the top filer of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in... Continue reading