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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/sunday-surprises_10.html As you are probably currently busy hopping between Christmas parties, the IPKat team has gathered some events and opportunities to help you schedule your agenda for the upcoming months. Image: flickr.com Katfood SMEs and Chinese market opportunities webinar 4IP council is organising a webinar session titled “SMEs and patent... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/general-court-maintains-validity-of.html The General Court has recently confirmed the validity of two 3D trade marks, owned by Lego (T-297/22 and T-298/22). The parallel proceedings concerned two trade marks representing Lego minifigures, whose validity was challenged on functionality grounds. Background of the dispute In 1996, Lego filed two applications for 3D trade... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/book-review-chokepoint-capitalism.html This is a review of Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back, by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow. What is chokepoint capitalism? Giblin and Doctorow explain: “Anticompetitive flywheels vary by industry, each chokepoint capitalist seeks to do the... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-vespa-appearance-italian-supreme.html A Vespa LX Last week was an eventful one for Piaggio, the Tuscan ( ) company that has developed and owns the iconic (yes, you can say that: read on) Vespa. First, on 28 November, the Italian Supreme Court issued what appears to be a key – yet questionable... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/team-usa-vs-euipo-and-winner-is.html The decision practice of the EUIPO is not always consistent. This is particularly true for weakly distinctive or even non-distinctive elements such as the word ‘team’. The applications for ‘TEAM SCOTLAND’ (EUTM no. 15143027), ‘TEAM SERBIA’ (EUTM no. 17152851) and ‘TEAM UK’ (IR designating the EU no. 1447362) have... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/sunday-surprises.html While in the UK the cold weather is here to stay, warm up with some interesting IP opportunities. Call For Papers – International Congress: “Towards a Responsible Development of the Metaverse” University of Alicante The Academic Chair for the Responsible Development of the Metaverse of the University of Alicante is... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/cjeu-considers-legal-standing-of.html In a recent ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has interpreted Art. 4 of Directive 2004/48/EC, which lists natural and legal persons that may seek the application of civil enforcement measures (C-201/22). The Court clarified that Member States are not obliged to allow collective management... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/ipkat-book-of-year-awards-2023.html It is time to vote for your favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! The IPKat team continues to read and review as many brilliant IP books as possible, of which there are many, for the Kat community. But... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/spotify-to-cease-operations-in-uruguay.html As has been reported in the music press, the well-known digital music service Spotify has announced that it will be imminently ceasing its operations in Uruguay due to certain amendments included in the country’s copyright laws regarding the remuneration of performers. The law The law which Spotify refers to... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html If you’ve been sleeping on the IP news from the past week, it’s time to rise and shine! Here’s the summary of what you missed. Patents Looks like it’ll be a while before Bumpkin gets up-to-date with the IP news… © Madi Hapi Annsley Merelle Ward informed readers of the latest commitment... Continue reading
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