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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/board-of-euipo-says-re-filing-of.html As an EU trade mark (EUTM) proprietor, one must keep in mind that there is a five year grace period to use the registered mark. Following the expiry of this period, third parties may seek the revocation of the EUTM in relation to goods and services for which it... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/can-ideal-image-of-female-beauty-be.html After years of legal battle between Barbie and Bratz [see here] and the more recent trouble in relation to the Frida Kahlo Barbie [covered by The IPKat here], Barbie is back on the legal battlefield, this time obtaining a win before the EUIPO Invalidity Division.Last month, in fact, the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/brussels-court-grants-louboutin.html Were you sad because you thought that your favorite IP-related saga [I am, of course, referring to the Louboutin Red-sole saga, the C- 163/16 preliminary ruling before the Cour of Justice of the European Union covered by The IPKat here , here and here and the following decision by... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/planet-art-v-photobox-passing-off-no.html The reputation of the English court as a tough forum in which to obtain an interim injunction has been underlined by Pat Treacy (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) in Planet Art LLC and Anor v Photobox Limited and Anor [2019] EWHC 1688 (Ch) (judgment not yet... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/friday-fantasies_30.html September is just around the corner! With that in mind, here are some upcoming events and opportunities that may be of interest. August, where did you go… EventsOn the 18th-19th October 2019, the 6th Petar Šarčević Conference on ‘Intellectual Property Rights in the EU: Going Digital’ will be held in... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/on-economic-analysis-of-ip-law.html This Kat just returned from vacationing in beautiful Minnesota where he enjoyed open water swimming, fried cheese curds and … a conversation on the law & economics of IP with Professor Tom Cotter. Cotter’s recent books include Comparative Patent Remedies (2013) and Patent Wars: How Patents Impact our Daily... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/enterprise-name-vs-trade-mark-throwing.html Yes, probably. Enterprise names in China In China, enterprise names must be composed in a specific format. The basic structure is shown below*: Enterprise name = Administrative division + trade name + industry + organisational form e.g. Hunan Valin Steel Co., Ltd. Compared to other countries, it would seem that China places... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_26.html In this edition of Never Too Late, we take a look back at what the IPKat has covered over the last two weeks, as summer begins to draw to a close… Enjoying summer whilst it lasts… Copyright – In Copyright infringement in the ‘iron pipes film’ case, GuestKat Frantzeska... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/what-we-can-learn-from-jane-austen-and.html History may not necessarily determine the current IP moment, but it certainly has the power to instruct. This is so, even in the most unlikely of circumstances—bringing together the publication sagas of Jane Austen and Ulysses S. Grant. Austen and U.S. President Grant never met. Austen died in Winchester,... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/08/invitation-for-applications-for-shamnad.html It has been less than three weeks since the death of Shamnad Basheer, and his loss weighs heavily on many of us in the IP world. Against this pain, this Kat is honored to be able to inform Kat readers that the Association for Accessible Medicines, in collaboration with... Continue reading
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