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OLG Munich decides on GI’s generic character and exploitation of GI reputation in the Habana II case

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/olg-munich-decides-on-gis-generic.html The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has recently denied the request for appeal against the ruling of the Munich’s Higher Regional Court (OLG Munich) in the Habana II case (6 U 120/22). This has prompted this Kat to comment on the OLG Munich’s ruling in Habana II, which... Continue reading
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INTA, MARQUES and OMV v CJEU, General Court and BoA – The trade mark battle of the year?

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/08/inta-marques-and-omv-v-cjeu-general.html When two heavyweights such as INTA and MARQUES enter the ring and file statements in intervention with the General Court, you can bet that the case is interesting. INTA and MARQUES are doing nothing more than challenging the consistent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU... Continue reading
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OpenAI’s granted large language model (LLM) patents

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
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Life Sciences Patent Network (LSPN) returns to San Francisco with 15% discount for IPKat readers

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
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Tuesday Tiddlywinks

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
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Is the Community design the little sister of copyright?

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
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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
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[GuestPost] UPC Hague Local Division says that mushrooms are not plants in granting preliminary injunction

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
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[GuestPost] The Court of Appeal’s latest AI decision begs the question – what inventions are deserving of patent protection?

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
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[UPCKat] Revisiting lessons from the first ex parte UPC preliminary injunction in myStromer v Revolt

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