In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/openais-granted-large-language-model.html OpenAI’s approach to IP is often cited in the tech industry as an example of a radically new approach to IP. OpenAI has the reputation for protecting its innovations through the use of trade secrets as opposed to patents. However, it appears that this characterisation of OpenAI’s strategy is years... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/life-sciences-patent-network-lspn.html The Katfriends at Newton Media wish to inform that the well-reputed and -attended Life Sciences Patent Network (LSPN) North America Fall 2024 conference is returning to San Francisco (CA, USA) on 15 and 16 October 2024. As explained by the organizers, LSPN Fall is the premier life sciences-focussed patent... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/tuesday-tiddlywinks.html Summer may finally have arrived in the UK, but there is no slow-down in IP news and events. Take a look at current and future IP-related activities below, and do not forget to regularly check The IPKat Events page. Soaking up the rays Jobs and opportunities WIPO Young Experts Program: The WIPO... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/is-community-design-little-sister-of.html The Court of Justice of the EU (‘CJEU’) found in its Cofemel judgment (case C-683/17, IPKat here) that the protection of designs, on the one hand, and copyright protection, on the other, pursue fundamentally different objectives and are subject to distinct rules. As the Advocate General observed, […], the... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_12.html If you had a busy week or were away on holiday, no worries! Join this Kat for a quick weekly catch-up. Patents Rose Hughes analysed T 1057/22 concerning the second medical use of a fish oil and juice emulsion to treat cancer. The patentee’s (SmartFish) claim covered the therapeutic... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/guestpost-upc-hague-local-division-says.html What is a “plant” for the purposes of patent law? The answer depends: in the United States, for example, fungi and macroalgae are considered “plants” under the Plant Patent Act of 1930. The latest answer to this question has come from the Hague Local Division of the Unified Patent... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/guestpost-court-of-appeals-latest-ai.html The IPKat is ready for your answersin our AI survey What inventions are deserving of patent protection? This is the question that has percolated through the London patent ranks following the recent Court of Appeal decision in Comptroller – General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks v Emotional Perception AI... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/upckat-revisiting-lessons-from-first-ex.html The UPCKat on its way to enforcesome orders… As part of our UPCKat reporting on the latest UPC developments, the IPKat continues its series of reports that analyze the development of preliminary injunction case law from the UPC. With our guest UPCKat team in the form of guest UPCKats... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/fishy-evidence-do-we-have-right.html T 1057/22 related to a patent for the use of a rather unappetizing sounding fish oil and juice emulsion (“fish juice”) to treat cancer. This Kat confesses that her interest in this case was primarily piqued by the oddness of the subject matter. Fish juice to treat cancer seems a rather unpromising starting point... Continue reading
In: The IPKat BLOG
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/ag-campos-sanchez-bordona-opines-that.html In a rare annulment action on geographical indications (GI), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is set to decide on the scope of European Commission’s competences when examining GI applications (case C-579/23 P). Advocate General (AG) Campos Sánchez-Bordona has recently delivered his Opinion in the case. ... Continue reading
Designed by Industrial Action
Copyright © 2025 OPUS IP Limited. All Rights Reserved
OPUS IP Limited: COMPANY & OTHER LEGAL INFORMATION