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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/katcall-reminder.html IP enthusiasts are encouraged to apply for the InternKat positions (more details here). The deadline is approaching! Apply now! Those interested must submit their complete application by no later than Tuesday 28 January 2020 (midnight, GMT). Complete applications must contain CV details, motivation, and a 400-word writing sample. Incomplete... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-uk-government-sheds-light-on-status.html In his foreword to a legal statement issued by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT), Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court, is confident: “cryptoassets and smart contracts undoubtedly represent the future”. The IPKat has previously reported on the UKJT’s analysis of the cryptoassets as a property, see here.... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/ag-szpunar-advises-cjeu-to-rule-that.html Back in 2018, The IPKat reported that the Swedish Supreme Court had asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to clarify the scope of the right of communication to the public in Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29 (InfoSoc Directive) and Article 8(2) of the Directive 2006/115... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-review-innovation-society-and.html This Kat is very glad to add The Innovation Society and Intellectual Property to her EIPIN collection – a book series carried out under the auspices of The European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN). This latest volume is edited by Prof. Josef Drexl (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition) and... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/guest-post-ip-education-series-4.html New year, new installment of the IP Education Series! (Previous posts: Intro, #1, #2, and #3) This guest post, by Professor Dinusha Mendis, illustrates where the minds of IP and engineering students meet with fantastic results! Over to Dinusha: Learning from each other at University – when IP law... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-united-kingdom-will-not-transpose.html The IPKat has just learned that, currently, UK Government has no plans to transpose the recently adopted Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790 [Katposts here] into its own legal system. As it can be read on parliament.uk, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Chris Skidmore, has... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-swedish-patent-and-market-court.html Kat friend Hans Eriksson discusses a recent decision from Sweden on the timely issue of blocking injunctions. Over the last few years, blocking injunction jurisprudence has become one of the more interesting issues of copyright law. Kat readers may recognize the flexible and powerful blocking orders recently issued by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-right-of-public-to-access-documents.html The CJEU delivered two rulings yesterday ( January 22, 2020) in the cases of PTC Therapeutics International v EMA case (C-175/18 P) and MSD Animal Health Innovation and Intervet International v EMA case (C-178/18 P). Read them hereand here! These two rulings are of particular interest since the CJEU was for... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/no-music-is-free-of-broadcasting-rights.html In the world of music licensing, a cautionary tale was recently told by the French Cour de Cassation involving background music, a carpet store and collective management societies. Musicmatic France (now Storever France) is a company providing “audio concepts for higher customer satisfaction”, a.k.a. background music in stores. The... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-review-cambridge-handbook-of.html Baba Yaga enjoying the fruits of privatisation image source: Reddit History has thrown a lot at Central and Eastern Europe. In the last 200 years, this region saw the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire, endured continued regional conflicts, gave Communism a go, and experienced some of the most violent... Continue reading
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