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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/copyright-focused-event-at-fordham-law.html If you’re interested in copyright issues – including from a comparative (U.S. and European) perspective – and are going to be in New York City on 1 February, then come along to Fordham Law School (150 W 62nd St) to participate in an evening of discussions kicking off at... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/fungi-based-bacon-named-mybacon.html Plant-based alternatives to meat and other animal products have found their way into the shelves of traditional food retailers. This trend has caused some interesting trade mark filings and decisions. The General Court found Oatly’s slogan ‘It’s like milk but made for humans’ sufficiently distinctive inter alia for ‘diary... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/upc-munich-local-division-takes-novel.html The decision of the Munich Local Division of the UPC in SES vs. Hanshow provides a first indication of how the nascent UPC will approach patent claim interpretation. Initial decisions from the UPC have been light on analysis of the relevant substantive legal provisions. The Munich Local Division in SES vs Hanshow took a rather... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/pradas-triangle-pattern-mostly-not.html Game of triangles:A Prada Triangle bag, with the Triangle pattern, and Prada’s triangular logo When you think of Prada (at least from a trade mark perspective), what Prada itself refers to as its “iconic Triangle” cannot but come to mind. Technically an isosceles triangle positioned upside down, the Prada... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html If you’ve been too busy sleeping off the New Year’s celebrations, here’s the summary of the IP news you missed last week. Patents and Plant Varieties Evidently, this Kat’s new year’s resolution was to take more naps! (Image from Pixabay) Henry P. Yang analysed the recent judgment in Optis... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/banksys-trade-marks-once-again-at.html A while ago, the IPKat reported [here, here, and here] on a number of cancellation actions directed at Banks’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations representing his artworks. In particular, in 2020, the Cancellation Division of the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) declared an EUTM representing one of Banksy’s best... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/friday-fantasies.html New year, new IP opportunities and events The new year has just begun but there are already several news items, unfortunately including some sad ones, to report. Have a look below. Katnews We have two major news items we wish to share with our readers, one concerning the Team... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/will-we-have-referral-on-using.html PatKat awoke from her mince pie induced doze to the intriguing news that there may be another referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) waiting in the wings. This potential referral concerns the all important question of how much the description should be taken into account for claim... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-trade-mark-adventures-of-lara-croft.html The protection of fictional characters presents various challenges. Their external appearance can be protected by copyright, design, trade mark or unfair competition law, though there are limits. An obvious one is the duration of most IP rights. The US copyright for Winnie the Pooh expired in 2021 and it... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/sunday-surprises_31.html While you are getting your sequins ready for the NYE party, we bring some exciting IP news and opportunities to finish off the year. Image: flickr.com Katfood The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corp., et al. This week’s big IP news is the New York Times suing OpenAI... Continue reading
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