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EUIPO clarifies the value of printed social media’s screenshots in a design invalidity action

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/euipo-clarifies-value-of-printed-social.html By decision of 11 September 2024 (R 5/2024), the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) overturned the first instance decision by the Invalidity Division and denied the evidential value as prior disclosure of printed screenshots of social media posts (together with their hyperlinks)... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_23.html It is never too late to catch up with the IPKat! If you could not keep up with us last week, then join this Kat for a summary of what you missed. Trade Marks and Geographical Indications Marcel Pemsel argued that being less precise could assist in the battle for... Continue reading
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Geographical indications – Less is more (distinctive)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/geographical-indications-less-is-more.html The more precise a geographical indication refers to a specific location, the less distinctive it seems to be, at least according to the case law of the General Court. This counter-intuitive result has been confirmed recently in invalidity proceedings concerning the trade mark ‘Hinterland’. Background On 9 September 2019,... Continue reading
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Sunday Surprises

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/sunday-surprises_22.html The IPKat proudly presents the Kat news of the past week. WIPO Classification Helpdesk Having trouble with correctly classifying your goods and services in your trade mark application? Despair not! Contact WIPO’s new Classification Helpdesk instead. WIPO promises a rapid response, expert guidance and comprehensive support to get your... Continue reading
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Revocation of “ICE” EUTM: thousands of pages of evidence do not necessarily establish genuine use

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/revocation-of-ice-eutm-thousands-of.html Proving genuine use of a trade mark is not necessarily an easy task. It is essential to exercise a certain degree of rigour when selecting evidence. On this very topic, this Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Board of Appeal (BOA) concerning the EUTM “ICE” belonging... Continue reading
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[Guest post] A trade mark or a song? Turkish Court of Cassation casts some light on this distinction

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/guest-post-trade-mark-or-song-turkish.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Hatice İnci Turan (Gün + Partners Law Firm) on a recent decision of the Republic of Türkiye Court of Cassation concerning the registrability of sounds as trade marks. Here’s what they write:... Continue reading
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Participatory research and joint authorship/production of African datasets: Reflections on the African datasets split sheet

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/participatory-research-and-joint.html One of the key ways in which African communities (whether geographically bounded or bounded by common interests) are addressing the challenge of the low-resource nature of their languages in the machine learning and natural language processing space is through participatory research and open licensing of African [language] datasets arising... Continue reading
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Participatory research and joint authorship/production of African datasets: Reflections on the African datasets split sheet

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/participatory-research-and-joint.html One of the key ways in which African communities (whether geographically bounded or bounded by common interests) are addressing the challenge of the low-resource nature of their languages in the machine learning and natural language processing space is through participatory research and open licensing of African [language] datasets arising... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Book Review: Transboundary Heritage and Intellectual Property Law: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/guest-post-book-review-transboundary.html This book review of “Transboundary Heritage and Intellectual Property Law: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage”, by Patricia Covarrubia (Editor), is kindly provided by Katfriend Felicia Caponigri (Founder of Fashion by Felicia and Visiting Scholar at Chicago-Kent College of Law). Here is what Felicia has to say: When you grow up... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/09/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_18.html Here is the weekly Never Too Late post for you to enjoy, covering the latest IP updates. Copyright and Artificial Intelligence 📍Busan, Korea🐈 Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo reported on the conference ‘Digital Knowledge – The Library and Copyright in a Global Digital Economy’, which was held on 12 and 13... Continue reading