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OxFirst’s 4th Symposium on IP and Competition shows the need to conceptualize FRAND internationally

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/oxfirsts-4th-symposium-on-ip-and.html Kat friend Joan Ng brings us the following report on a recent symposium on globalization and FRAND that took place at Oxford. On Oct 18th, IP Economic advisory OxFirst hosted a symposium on the interplay between globalization and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing, held at St Cross College,... Continue reading
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Thursday Thingies

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/thursday-thingies.html Trick or treat? It’s always a treat with The IPKat! Here is some delicious Katfood to enjoy. Halloween-appropriate Kat rendition Conferences and Events IP Inclusive events The IP Inclusive will host the following events in the next few months. All these events are free of charge and open to... Continue reading
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‘Competition Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector’ returns to Brussels with IPKat discount code

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/competition-law-in-pharmaceutical.html Brussels in December Those working in the pharmaceutical field often come across issues at the crossroads between IP and competition law. Our friends at Informa are organizing a 1-day event to discuss the latest developments in the field of competition law as applied to the pharmaceutical sector. Held in... Continue reading
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BREAKING: Board of Appeal provides some initial thoughts on the Broad Institute’s CRISPR appeal (T0844/18)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/breaking-board-of-appeal-provides-some.html An interesting update in the progress of the CRISPR/Broad Institute appeal (T0844/18) has reached this Kat’s fluffy ears. As previously reported on IPKat, oral proceedings are scheduled for 13-17 January 2020. The Board of Appeal (BA), 3.3.08, has now issued a communication summarising the issues that will be discussed... Continue reading
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Book Review: Global Genes, Local Concerns

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/book-review-global-genes-local-concerns.html Biobanks, defined as “structured collections of biological materials and associated data, stored for purposes of present and future scientific research” [see inside this book for more definitions, in particular in chapter 2], have become an essential tool in in life science research. The use of biobanks poses technological, ethical,... Continue reading
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Around the IP Blogs

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/around-ip-blogs_29.html The IPKat took a lovely autumn stroll around the internet and saw some wonderful things. Patent How to gently tell a passionate entrepreneur his invention might be “obvious”? IP Watchdog published a practical post on explaining the intricate patent prosecution to non-lawyers. The new Turkish IP Law, which came... Continue reading
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[Guest post] Event report: #FashionLawLDN – The Autumn Winter Review

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/guest-post-fashionlawldn-autumn-winter.html A few days ago, the second fashion law event of Fashion Law London, an initiative of which I am part, took place in London. Gemma Louise Nimmo, a future trainee solicitor at CMS, was also there and now reports on what happened that day. Over to Gemma: In the... Continue reading
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Case number and official translation of recent Swedish copyright referral now available

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/case-number-and-official-translation-of.html Earlier this Fall, the Swedish Patents and Market Court of Appeal asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to clarify the concept of “public” within the meaning of Article 3 and 4 of InfoSoc Directive [see here]. The background to this reference concerns two parties that... Continue reading
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Book Review: Internet intermediaries and trade mark rights

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/book-review-internet-intermediaries-and.html As underlined by Prof Graeme B Dinwoodie in his Foreword, while the interplay between internet intermediaries and copyright has received specific attention from scholars, the interplay between internet intermediaries and trade marks has so far received less attention. Internet Intermediaries and Trade Mark Rights by Althaf Marsoof aims to... Continue reading
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The Fruits of the Forbidden Tree – AG Opinion C-176/18 on the Boundaries of Plant Variety Rights

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-fruits-of-forbidden-tree-ag-opinion.html Although Regulation (2100/94/EC) on Plant Variety Rights (“PVR Regulation”) is one of the oldest pieces of EU IP law still in force, it has not been often explored by the Court of Justice. This may help explain why a question of a rather fundamental nature is currently before the... Continue reading