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Book review: Multi-sided music platforms and the law, copyright, law and policy in Africa

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/book-review-multi-sided-music-platforms.html Our special Kat Chijioke Okorie (Africa Correspondent) is currently appointed a Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the DST/NRF Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation & Development at the University of Cape Town and a Queen Elizabeth Scholar under the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) project… and she is the... Continue reading
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Can you fix it? The tension between the right to repair and intellectual property rights – Farming

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/can-you-fix-it-tension-between-right-to.html Echo is always a level-headed repair Kat! In consumer electronics, there is a natural tension between the consumer’s right to use the products they have purchased as they see fit and the rights of producers concerning the IP embedded in those products. A growing focus has been placed to... Continue reading
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Monday Miscellany

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/monday-miscellany.html This Kat is dreaming of sunny summer schools Welcome to another week of the IPKat’s miscellany round-up! Keep an eye out for another post later this week with even more events and opportunities of interest. Conferences, events and calls for contributions Icepops 2020, Cardiff The deadline for proposals for... Continue reading
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easyJet experiences significant turbulence over Colombia

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/easyjet-experiences-significant.html In easyGroup Ltd v Empresa Aérea de Servicios y Facilitatión Logística Integral S.A. – EasyFly S.A. and Anor [2020] EWHC 40 (Ch), the English High Court made life anything but easy for easyGroup. The judgment from Mr Justice Nugee contains some interesting lessons for lawyers both in the UK and... Continue reading
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The IPKat team: arrivals, farewells, and news

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-ipkat-team-arrivals-farewells-and.html Every now and then, the IPKat team welcomes new contributors, says thanks and goodbye to existing contributors, and shares some news concerning the Kats. Check it out! InternKats The IPKat is delighted to welcome the following as new InternKats for the next 6 months. Sophie Corke – Sophie is... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html This Kat is lucky (or unlucky) to be “grounded” in his apartment in Shanghai due to the Coronavirus. But some of you may still be busy with your work. If you missed some of the amazing posts published last week in this blog, this Kat is now honoured to... Continue reading
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Reader discount on CUP IPKat Book of the year titles

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/reader-discount-on-cup-ipkat-book-of.html Following the announcemet of the nominations and winners of the 2019 IPKat book of the year awards here, Camrbidge University Press have kindly offered to provide IPKat readers with a discount on their titles that were included. Each of the following winning and nominated titles are now available for IPKat readers... Continue reading
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Friday Fantasies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/friday-fantasies.html There is a lot to cover in this week’s Friday Fantasies: events, calls for papers, IP news … Let’s get straight into things! Events UCL IBIL Courses for Winter & Spring 2020 The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law recently announced its courses for Winter and Spring 2020.... Continue reading
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AG Campos in Brompton Bicycle advises CJEU to rule that ‘exclusively’ functional shapes do not deserve copyright protection

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/ag-campos-in-brompton-bicycle-advises.html Is a functional shape eligible for copyright protection under the InfoSoc Directive? This, in a nutshell, is the intriguing issue that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been asked to address in Brompton Bicycle, C-833/18. As readers might guess, the shape at issue in this... Continue reading
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Supporting Europe’s innovative SMEs: an interview with the European Intellectual Property Helpdesk

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/supporting-europes-innovative-smes.html Not all IPKat readers may be aware of the European Intellectual Property (IP) Helpdesk. The European IP Helpdesk provides free-of-charge, first-line support and information on all matters related to IP management. By registering a free account on its website, users can get in touch with a Helpline team to... Continue reading