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No benefit of hindsight: BA rejects ex tunc assessment of an intervention in opposition (T 0439/17)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-benefit-of-hindsight-ba-rejects-ex.html In T 0439/17 (published online 1 July 2019), the Board of Appeal of the EPO considered the circumstances under which a third party may intervene in an opposition. In general, a third party may intervene in opposition proceedings, after the opposition period has expired, if infringement proceedings relating to the patent have been... Continue reading
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Mr Justice Arnold to become Lord Justice Arnold: congratulations!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/mr-justice-arnold-to-become-lord.html Sir Richard Arnold The IPKat has just learned that Mr Justice Arnold will become a Lord Justice of Appeal. The following has just been published on judiciary.uk: The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Mrs Justice Carr as a Lady Justice of Appeal and the following as Lord Justices of... Continue reading
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Illumina v TDL (Round 2): Mr Justice Arnold finds NIPT novel, inventive and sufficient

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/illumina-v-tdl-round-2-mr-justice.html The UK courts last month dealt with another patent dispute concerning non-invasive prenatal blood testing (NIPT). NIPT is a method for genetically screening the unborn fetus. NIPT is performed on the maternal blood and is therefore safer than previous methods for genetically testing the fetus that required fetal cells or amniotic... Continue reading
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Today’s the 10-year anniversary of the CJEU judgment that changed EU copyright

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-10-year-anniversary-of-cjeu.html Members of the Court of Justice in 2018 On this day 10 years ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued the judgment that set a new course for the development and construction of EU copyright law, a course in which the role of EU judiciary... Continue reading
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Book review (and discount code!): Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/book-review-and-discount-code-copyright.html Day in, day out, the IPKat follows the tribulations of the CJEU regarding intellectual property. Readers will be pleased to find out that author and fellow Kat Eleonora Rosati has synthesized decades of the Court’s jurisprudence into one book: Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union.... Continue reading
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Katcall Reminder

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/katcall-reminder.html The deadline for submissions to the openings for GuestKats and InternKats positions (as announced here) is approaching. Apply now! Those interested must submit their complete applications by no later than Friday 19 July 2019 (midnight, GMT). Complete applications must contain CV details, interest in IPKat, and a 400-word writing sample... Continue reading
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The serve and volley of tennis innovation

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-serve-and-volley-of-tennis.html Wimbledon fortnight has just passed (and what men’s final!). This Kat takes a break from practising her serve, to explore the evolution of the game of lawn tennis, from its invention in the 19th century to the modern day. Invention of lawn tennis and wooden rackets The admirably named Major... Continue reading
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ASA ruling on social media influencers’ celebrity status – what really happened…

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/asa-ruling-on-social-media-influencers.html There has been some hype around a recent ASA ruling, readers may have come across some not-entirely-accurate headlines such as “anyone with more than 30,000 social media followers considered a celebrity” or “Instagram influencer Sarah Willox Knott rapped by watchdog”. So here is what really happened! The ASA CAP... Continue reading
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India’s first dynamic injunction issued to block access to ‘rogue websites’

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/indias-first-dynamic-injunction-issued.html As readers know, blocking injunctions have been routinely issued in a number of jurisdictions around the world. More recently, courts have began granting dynamic injunctions, aimed at increasing the effectiveness of enforcement. Quite recently, this was the case of India, where the Delhi High Court issued the first dynamic... Continue reading
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The copyright question that no one wanted: the rights of immigrant minors in their drawings in connection with their detention along the U.S./Mexico border

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-copyright-question-that-no-one.html Kat readers are likely aware of the dispute that has arisen in the U.S. over the detention of immigrant children, separated from their parents at the U.S./ Mexico border, in facilities often lacking basic necessities, such as soap, a toothbrush and toothpaste. On the one hand, authorities point out... Continue reading