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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-implementation-in-france-of-eu.html Kat friend Deborah Vincze provides a summary of the final implementation in France of the Recast EU Directive on trade marks. The final implementation in France of Directive (EU) 2015/2436 (“Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast)” ) took place on November... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html Last week, the IPKat certainly supplied us all with an abundance of trade mark law updates! If you missed out on this and reports in other areas of IP, you can catch up in this week’s edition of Never Too Late! Trade MarksKat Book Review Editor Hayleigh Bosher reported... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/ag-bobek-suggests-broadening.html One of many lessons this Kat learned from his mentor at the law firm where he started his career was this: in trade mark opposition proceedings at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), be sure to file all your evidence at the Board of Appeal stage at the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/monday-miscellany.html How did December arrive so quickly? As another week rolls around, here are some interesting events, writing competitions and IP news to keep you going. December = unapologetically Christmassy Kat pictures Events IP Inclusive Events IP Inclusive have several events coming up open to all IP professionals which are free... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/12/paris-court-grants-anti-anti-suit.html Lately, the procedural toolkit of IP litigation has become increasingly creative [what else did you expect from a bunch of lawyers dealing with issues of inventiveness and originality on a daily basis]. It was only a few months ago that the Munich Regional Court made headlines by issuing an... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-real-reason-why-451-page-dossier.html This Kat was probably not alone in being slightly bemused by the recent media reporting on the leaked “451-page dossier” describing US/UK talks on future trade arrangements. The BBC reportsthe dossier as showing that the US is interested in “extending patents” in the UK. How strange. Is the US government... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/11/day-day-up-trade-mark-case-and-two.html Many years ago, in a junior high school English exam, this Kat wrote a phrase she had encountered several times in English magazines and American movies, etc.: ‘Long time no see’. To her surprise, her favourite English teacher – at the time – circled the ‘mistake’ with harsh red... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/11/around-ip-blogs_29.html In this Thanksgiving season, this Kat is grateful that the IPKat readers continue following the posts of The IPKat blog. But also other blogs have lots to offer: to show appreciation for the efforts of the IP bloggers’ community, this Kat searched and found some interesting posts. All... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/11/clarity-is-needed-form-boards-of-appeal.html The high-profile CRISPR patent dispute relates to the EPO interpretation of “any applicant” in Article 87(1) EPC (IPKat post here and here). According to the well-established case law of the Boards of Appeal, Article 87(1) EPC requires that if applicant X and Y are named on the priority application, applicants X and Y... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/11/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_28.html Patents, copyright, event reports, defamation, IP Education Series… you say it, we’ve got it! The roundup of the variety of news that the IPKat covered last week has arrived… because it really is Never Too Late! Patents The recent update by the UKIPO of its Formalities Manual added that... Continue reading
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