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3 Jun 2015, 3:00 am
"This Kat hopes that those who attend will make every effort to squeeze the most out of the speakers in the Q and A sessions, since one of the things he finds frustrating about the whole exercise of re-creating Europe's patent litigation environment is the number of times, when asking questions, the answer is either an "I don't know" or a confidently-delivered mini-speech which can be précised as either "it all depends" or "we won't know… [read post]
2 Jun 2015, 7:19 am
Thus only for Italian and Spanish consumers was the earlier marks' distinctiveness was low --which was not the case for consumers elsewhere in the EU [this Kat may not be an Italian average consumer, but she is quite sure that the term ORO is also indicative of ears of corn from which ORO products are made].... but the Kat escaped! [read post]
2 Jun 2015, 4:20 am
the Kats can report that this reference concerns the legal protection of computer programs: as the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)succinctly summarises it, "The criminal defendants allegedly sold various copyright protected products which, as computer program, are protected as literary works".The questions which have been referred for a preliminary ruling look like this:1. [read post]
1 Jun 2015, 3:33 pm
******************PREVIOUSLY, ON NEVER TOO LATE Never too late 47 [week ending on Sunday 24 May] - Nicolas Sarkozy and the IP | Another reference on TM licences to the CJEU | UPC test-drive | Swatch v Swatchball | New Lisbon Treaty on appellations of origin and geographical indications | UP reneal fees | Synthon v Teva | GC on Yoshida | UPC Court fees event | EPO staff under fire | The trade-secret option | Damages |AstraZeneca AB & Another v KRKA dd Novo… [read post]
31 May 2015, 10:09 pm
On Thursday of last week fellow Kat Darren composed a blogpost that took a sharp and unfavourable look at the European Inventor Award. [read post]
31 May 2015, 5:02 am
To refresh readers' memories, they are (i) Study 1: A Legal and Empirical Study of Online Platforms and an Analysis of User Behaviour, (ii) Study II, The Current Status and Impact of 3D Printing Within the Industrial Sector: An Analysis of Six Case Studies and (iii) an Executive Summary.This Kat hasn't yet found the time to read them -- but fellow 1709 Blogger Andy Johnstone has. [read post]
31 May 2015, 3:47 am
This Kat admits to being a bit lost trying to follow patent reform in the US. [read post]
29 May 2015, 8:47 am
Fellow Kat Darren did a post about this last year. [read post]
29 May 2015, 4:24 am
If there were a competition for the worst saxophone player ever, this Kat would be a worthy candidate. [read post]
29 May 2015, 2:22 am
.* Given the low degree of visual and phonetic similarity of the signs and their conceptual differences, even the fact that the marks were for use on identical goods was insufficient to establish a likelihood of confusion on the part of a public that demonstrates a reasonable level of attention.This Kat thinks that the General Court has got it right. [read post]
28 May 2015, 8:12 am
"The current spate of arrests of FIFA dignitaries and officials for a range of corruption offences spanning some 20 twenty years, offences of which FIFA President Sepp ("I know nothing") Blatter denies all knowledge, set this Kat thinking. [read post]
28 May 2015, 6:42 am
"But this Kat thinks that it is worse than that. [read post]
25 May 2015, 2:31 pm
What Kat would turn down the chance to party with the Cheshire Kat himself? [read post]
25 May 2015, 4:15 am
Merpel and the Kats are great fans of the debate upon the level of renewal fees for the Unitary Patent [see, eg, here]. [read post]
25 May 2015, 1:28 am
However this Kat believes that had Mr Justice Arnold provided more reasoning it would have assisted the appeal process for this case. [read post]
22 May 2015, 6:31 am
The question now taking center stage in the on-going Unified Patent Court saga is all about money, budgets and value in the form of court fees, SME support and recoverable costs in the UPC (see Kat Darren's recent post on a different monetary debate regarding the unitary patent here and UPC court fees here). [read post]
22 May 2015, 5:05 am
Circling back to the questions posed above, this Kat has no ready answers. [read post]
21 May 2015, 10:39 am
This Kat in the meantime is left wondering whether, when a point seems hopeless in the final judgment, did the team advancing it not notice, or did they have nothing better to put forward? [read post]
EPO revises proposals for renewal fees for Unitary Patents - but does it really make any difference?
21 May 2015, 8:15 am
Significant savings will be available to innovators who file applications directly at the EPO and this should provide a clear benefit to European applicants.In addition to the matters pointed out by Bernie, this Kat notes that the reduced fee proposals apply disproportionately in the early years, and so benefit in particular industries with short product lifecycles where patents are less likely to be maintained after, say, the first ten years. [read post]
21 May 2015, 5:56 am
Now that the Kats have spotted these problems, will someone please be kind enough to do something about them? [read post]
