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20 Feb 2017, 1:50 am
Kat friend Okan Can, of the Deris Law Firm in Istanbul, summarizes the changes to the trademark law; a further report on the new patent law will follow.Several major changes have been introduced regarding registrability. 1. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 12:15 pm
In particular, he provided an overview of the Nestlé Kit Kat bar, Yoshida knife handle, Rubik’s cube, Trip Trapp chair and London Taxi Corp cases, which involved either the registrability exclusion of a shape resulting from the nature of the goods, the necessity of obtaining a technical result or adding value to the product.Simon considered the particular challenges in registering a 3D trade mark by having to show by, virtue of acquired distinctiveness, that a shape fulfils the… [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 1:09 am
The Kats like chocolate,but KitKat? [read post]
9 Feb 2017, 1:50 am
What follows is the story of the Indian organization –"Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education", (IDIA), founded by Kat friend Professor Shamnad Basheer, a noted figure in the Indian IP community. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 6:40 am
This is the principal question that the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Stichting Brein, C-610/15.As readers will promptly recall, this is just the last in a(n impressive, quantity-wise) series of references for a preliminary ruling seeking clarification on the interpretation of the right of communication to the public within Article 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive, the most immediate precedents being GS… [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 5:10 am
This is the principal question that the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Stichting Brein, C-610/15.As readers will promptly recall, this is just the last in a(n impressive, quantity-wise) series of references for a preliminary ruling seeking clarification on the interpretation of the right of communication to the public within Article 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive, the most immediate precedents being GS Media… [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 7:04 am
Pair enough monkeys with typewriters and you get Shakespeare.Pair one Kat with a typewriter and you getinstructions to an assistant to purchasecopies of Shakespeare...Last week, a group of around 80 of the world’s best known consumer brands wrote to the President of the European Commission calling for action in tackling counterfeiters. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 5:16 am
Kat friend Christopher Weber (Kather Augenstein) explains the case which is set to make litigating standard essential patents (SEP) in Germany a whole lot easier:"When a defendant invokes the FRAND objection, the SEP owner may be obliged to provide evidence that its license agreement is not discriminatory. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 3:41 am
Book review: "From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print"Neil reviews Copyright in Jewish Law by Rabbi Nachum Menashe Weisfish’s (Feldheim, Jerusalem and New York, 2010)Applications for information on infringers can be made outside of IP infringement proceedingsFollowing a referral from the Czech Supreme Court in New Wave CZ v Alltoys (Case C-427/15) the CJEU explained that you do not need to start IP infringement proceedings in order to… [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 1:30 am
After Sweden [here, here, and here] and Germany [here and here], it is now the turn of a Czech court [here]to apply the seminal decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in GS Media [for a quick, visual summary see here; Kat-coverage here]. [read post]
29 Jan 2017, 3:18 am
And one final Kat comment—if any Kat readers have any further examples, please do share them. [read post]
29 Jan 2017, 1:32 am
When this Kat doesn't know, he reaches out to Kat readers: what really happened at the dawn of modern commercial trademark use? [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 2:25 am
This Kat has a particular interest in all things related to the law of trademark licensing and always enjoys reading the most recent case law in this regard. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 5:22 am
I wrote a short postabout the issue while a guest Kat, and a recent holdingfrom the French highest civil Court, the Cour de cassation, gives me an opportunity to revisit the issue.Mr. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 4:15 am
This Kat prefers the majority decision, because it construes the European Communities Act 1972 in a purposive manner. [read post]
24 Jan 2017, 12:30 am
The fresh ruling in December 2016 issued by the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) on the “Michael Jordan” 4+ years legal battle has attracted great attention (see a Guest Kat report here). [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 11:21 am
Attorney Maia Kats, of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which advocates for healthier food, said Coca-Cola’s “campaign of disinformation to cast doubt on the science connecting sugar-sweetened beverages to obesity, and obesity-related diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” is no different from Big Tobacco’s “campaign of disinformation to cast doubt on the science connecting cigarettes to lung cancer and other diseases. [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 3:08 am
If Kat readers have any suggestions where to look for answers, this Kat would be most grateful. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 3:01 am
Former Guest Kat Valentina Torelli, now associated with FJF Legal in Madrid, has graciously continued her coverage and commentary on EU developments in the area of privacy, this time in connection with the ePrivacy Regulation. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 3:34 am
Neil looked at an example of co-branding employed by a senior citizen facilityAnd the weekly round ups Sunday Surprises and Around the IP Blogs PREVIOUSLY ON NEVER TOO LATE Never Too Late 129 [week ending on Sunday 1 Janurary] A Kat's 2016 Copyright Awards I Happy Public Domain Day! [read post]
