In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/breaking-news-uk-will-not-participate.html The writing was on the wall. Despite warm words from the UPC Preparatory Committee and the European Parliament, it seems that the status of the UK’s participation in the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court system has progressed (regressed?) from “in significant doubt” to “not on your nelly”. For... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/guest-post-functionality-cumulation-and.html A few days, The IPKat reported and commented on the Opinion of Advocate General (AG) Campos Sánchez-Bordona in Brompton Bycicle, C-833/18, a referral concerning copyright protection of functional shapes. The IPKat is now pleased to host this guest commentary by Ilanah Fhima (UCL). An extended version of her article... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/wednesday-whimsies.html Important information for EQE Candidates IPKat has heard from Katfriends that some EQE candidates in the UK have discovered only this week that their exam location is Munich, not Walsall. The candidates were not sent any specific notification, and noticed it only on logging into the My EQE portal... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/book-review-cambridge-handbook-of.html This book review is kindly provided by Vicente Zafrilla Díaz-Marta, who is a PhD Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in the framework of EIPIN Innovation Society program funded by the European Commission (H2020- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action) and member of the Spanish IP blog lvcentinvs.es. Here’s the review: Prof.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/nothing-to-see-here-lilly-wins-in_26.html When it comes to the validity of European patents, the national courts of the EPC member states apply the same law as the EPO. None-the-less, UK judges sometimes come to different conclusions to that of the EPO. As a consequence, a patent granted and maintained by the EPO may... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-swedish-patent-and-market-court-of.html In its ruling of 19 December (2019 here), the Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of Allergan concerning the application for a Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for its product botulinumtoxin type A. The Court denied as well the request for a preliminary ruling regarding the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/trade-mark-opposition-decisions-in.html On 18 February 2020, a short yet notable announcement was made by the Trade mark Office of China (CTMO): The Announcement on the Publication of Trade mark Opposition Decisions Online (‘the Announcement’, in Chinese). As announced, as of 1 January 2020, all the decisions on trade mark oppositions will be... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-rights-of-actors-and-audiovisual.html The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, signed in 2012 (read here), is about to enter into force (April 28, 2020) after the ratification by Indonesia on January 28, 2020. The objective of the Treaty is to ameliorate the working conditions for performing actors and other audiovisual performers, this by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_24.html This Kat has much to think about To this Kat’s surprise, it’s already nearly the end of February – but regardless of your relationship to the passage of time, it’s never too late to catch up on the IPKat’s posts from the past week. CopyrightGuestKat Thomas Key identified some... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/saved-by-frand-trial-date-birss-j.html Exhibit XXX-1: The most convincing evidence in this application wasthe scheduled FRAND trial date What is better than FRAND? Disclosure, obviously! So put the two together and you have what can only be described as every judge’s favorite type of hearing. Cue Mr Justice Birss last week who issued his... Continue reading
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