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[Guest post] Revocations, special compulsory licenses, patent strategies & COVID-19: A note on Indian Patent Law

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/guest-post-revocations-special.html Covid-19 has without a doubt initiated a new IP saga. What is the impact of IP on the Covid-19 crisis? And how well do relevant exceptions in the patent system, such as compulsory licenses really work in such extraordinary circumstances? IPKat friends Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon and Dr. Akanksha... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Austria’s highest civil court applies CJEU Glawischnig-Piesczek ruling and orders Facebook to delete content country-wide

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/guest-post-austrias-highest-civil-court.html The IPKat has received news from former GuestKat Mirko Brüß of an interesting Austrian decision tackling the scope of intermediary injunctions. Here’s what Mirko writes: Austria’s highest civil court applies CJEU Glawischnig-Piesczek ruling and orders Facebook to delete content country-wide by Mirko Brüß Readers of this blog will remember the... Continue reading
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Around IP blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/around-ip-blogs_10.html Here comes your one-stop shop in the exciting world of the IP blogosphere! An optimistic cat Patents Following the EPO and the UKIPO, the USPTO has also rejected the DABUS application for a patent [the IPKat reported on the EPO’s refusal to grant a patent to an AI-inventor here].... Continue reading
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Italian Supreme Court applies CJEU Cofemel decision to makeup store layout

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/italian-supreme-court-applies-cjeu.html A KIKO store A couple of years ago, The IPKat reported on the interesting decision of the Court of Appeal of Milan in a case concerning, inter alia, copyright protection of makeup producer and retailer KIKO‘s store layout under Italian law. The ruling, which upheld the decision at first... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_8.html It is Friday! Sit back, relax and catch up on last week’s news! PATENTS COVID-19 calls for certain patent exceptions, especially when it comes to manufacturing of respiratory equipment parts. An Italian hospital requested a local producer to make valves with 3D printers without authorization of the patent holders. Kat friend Carlo... Continue reading
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The Bad Spaniel Gets a Treat: VIP Products LLC v Jack Daniels Properties Inc

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-bad-spaniel-gets-treat-vip-products.html My own “Bad Spaniels” were good enoughto share this chair for a picture…and they got a treat for it! Sometimes, even a bad dog is good enough to get a treat. In 2018, VIP Products – the makers of several dog toys resembling well-known beverage bottles with dog themes... Continue reading
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Does the duration of the storage matter? Live streaming providers as ‘online content sharing service providers’ under the DSM Directive

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/does-duration-of-storage-matter-live.html At a time when physical proximity is strongly discouraged or prohibited tout court through various measures – ranging from ‘social distancing’ to ‘self-isolation’, from ‘quarantine’ up to strictly enforced ‘lockdowns’ – people have been discovering new or enhancing further the ways through which they connect at a distance, including... Continue reading
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[Guestpost] Australian government fails to recoup clopidogrel costs from Sanofi

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/guestpost-australian-government-fails.html The AusKat won’t be restrained fromlaunching to attack that wrinkle on thesheets….. In a long-awaited judgment that will affect applications in Australia for interlocutory injunctions to restrain launch of pharmaceutical products, as well as claims for compensation following wrongful exclusion of generic or biosimilar pharmaceuticals from the market, the... Continue reading
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Wednesday Whimsies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/wednesday-whimsies.html This Kat thinks the pollen count is far too high Bienvenue dans une nouvelle semaine of IP news and opportunities! If you’re seeking ways to slake your thirst for IP from home, look no further. Events and Conferences The annual case law update of the Centre d’Etudes Internationales de... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] 21 and illegal in all states? The German Pelham court confirms when sampling is illegal

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/guest-post-21-and-illegal-in-all-states.html The much anticipated Pelham judgment was published on the 30th April 2020. Currently, it is only available in German, but Alan Hui is has kindly provided an english translation, and this post on the decision. Alan is a postdoctoral researcher in the MASHED Project at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on... Continue reading