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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-post-retromark-volume-xv-last-six.html Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons presents the fifteenth volume in his rundown of notable trade mark cases over the past six months. Here’s what he writes: Retromark Volume XV: the last six months in trade marks by Darren Meale Here we go again! This volume picks up where... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_10.html Feel like catching up on the latest at The IPKat? — Never Too Late! Patents Kat making sure you are on track Rose Hughes looked into drug-discovery company called Insilico Medicine, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of the evolving landscape of AI-assisted drug discovery for IP strategy. Rose Hughes outlined T 0295/22... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/urban-places-as-stage-and-cgi-and-vfx.html For the IPKat, all the world is a stage(and full of IP) Last week, Italy celebrated the one year until the start of the Winter 2026 Olympics in Cortina. As with any Olympics, questions of IP abound. This past Summer’s Olympics in Paris triggered such an analysis from Kat... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/plum-opportunity-missed-from-domain.html In the warmer climes of Australia, the harvesting season for ‘Queen Garnet’ plums is currently underway in preparation for distribution to national and international markets. The ‘Queen Garnet’ plum received a lot of publicity some years ago as a “superfood” because of its exceptionally high antioxidant levels and claims... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-new-mode-of-administration-is-new.html The Board of Appeal decision in T 0295/22 tackles the question of whether a new mode of administration of a drug should be considered a new medical use. The Board of Appeal concludes that the current EPO Guidelines for Examination are wrong on this point, and that mode of... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/annual-conference-on-eu-law-in.html Kats of Brussels The Katfriends at ERA wish to inform IPKat readers that they are back with yet another edition of their Annual Conference on EU Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector 2025. Taking place in Brussels and online on 27 and 28 March 2025, this event will bring legal practitioners... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-post-uzbekistan-legislative.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends Javohir Kurbonov and Khalil Jurayev (My Lawyer Law Firm) on recent changes to Uzbekistan’s legislation regarding the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Here’s what they write: Uzbekistan: Legislative Update on remedies for IPR... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-post-navigating-trade-mark.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by former GuestKat Nedim Malovic (ASSA ABLOY), commenting on a recent decision of the EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal regarding a trade mark application for ‘Toronto Ultra’, which the Board considered not to be confusingly similar... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/think-gin-and-non-alcoholic-beer-are.html On 24 January last, the Fifth Board of Appeal (BoA) of the EUIPO refused the registration of “KINGSMAN” for several goods in Class 32 of the Nice Classification due to the likelihood of confusion with the earlier word mark “KINGSMAN” under Article 8(1)(b) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation... Continue reading
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/guest-post-things-go-belly-up-for-aldi.html Look-alikes have been the centre of attention lately. This Kat is pleased to host the following guest contribution from Katfriend Lilliana Swainson (student in the Faculty of Law, Bond University) to provide a summary of the recent Australian case on the subject of copycat products, Hampton Holdings IP Pty Ltd... Continue reading
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