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8 Aug 2021, 9:20 am
This Kat is just back from a jauntaround the IP blogsWhile the summer pause is in full swing, the IP blogosphere continues to provide its insights.CopyrightDr Elena Cooper of CREATe (University of Glasgow) considered what might be revealed about copyright history from the story one of James McNeill Whistler's paintings, 'Portrait of Lady Eden'.Over on the Kluwer Copyright Blog, the subject of what Member States might be able to learn from the AG opinion on the Polish… [read post]
19 Aug 2021, 7:32 am
This Kat would like to knowwhy you rangAs we get towards the end of another working week, it's time to see what news and events await. [read post]
18 Mar 2014, 5:30 pm
Comparing the services (which this Kat will not list/translate in detail), the court easily concluded that these services were of medium similarity. [read post]
12 Dec 2017, 8:20 am
For Kat readers with an academic bent, the following public announcement about the 2018 Ladas Memorial Award competition may well be of interest. [read post]
20 May 2013, 7:29 am
This Kat has previously posted a couple of concerns about the implications of some details of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court Agreement - see here and here. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 4:29 am
Says this Kat, if I were a client I'd be more concerned with the level of professional service and its cost-effectiveness than with what the firm chose to call itself. [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 5:41 am
This Kat finds this quite an interesting issue which the European Commission's press release of 15 July 2014 summarises the issue neatly as follows: "Agricultural products (e.g. cheeses, wines, meats, fruits and vegetables) from a specific geographical origin possessing certain qualities or made according to traditional methods may be afforded EU-wide GI protection (e.g. [read post]
6 Jan 2024, 6:22 am
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 VarietiesEvidently, this Kat's new year's resolution was to take more naps! [read post]
19 Sep 2019, 6:35 am
Without further ado, it's over to Ruth:"Over the next few months, IP Education specialists have been invited by the Kats to share IP education wit and wisdom. [read post]
11 Aug 2019, 1:25 am
Kat friend Fredy Sánchez Merino offers his most recent summary of IP activity in Latin America. [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 11:09 am
The news of this latest referral reminds this Kat of the 2019 EBA referral asking whether Haar was really in Munich (G2/19), and thus whether the relocation of the Boards of Appeal to Haar was legal under the EPC (IPKat). [read post]
6 Jun 2021, 4:48 am
As a follow-up, Kat readers are uged to read a subsequent post from Eleonora Rosati on the Commission’s Guidance on how to implement Art 17, released this Friday. [read post]
10 Jun 2024, 12:04 am
If you've been too busy enjoying the warmer weather, here's the summary of the IP news you missed this week:Trade Marks and GIsA Kat enjoying the outdoors. [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 9:06 am
In the meantime, this Kat is amazed by the artistic decisions in the recent “Ferrari” movie trailer: it consists almost exclusively of the engine sound. [read post]
27 Feb 2015, 5:54 am
This Kat is spending part of her coveted lunch time to write on one of her dearest topics (see earlier IPKat posts here): the late polar bear Knut - arguably the "first celebrity zoo animal" - and centre of numerous alluring trade mark issues and intriguing trade mark disputes.Our readers may recall Knut's rise to stardom and his evolution into a lifestyle "brand", from cuddly cub to famous celebrity zoo animal with a massive marketing machine until his… [read post]
3 Jul 2021, 5:31 am
During the Soviet time, consumers were used to product naming such as ‘Soviet Champagne’, ‘Armenian cognac’ or ‘Portwein’, without connecting them to any particular region [this Kat herself has only recently discovered that ‘Cahors’ stands for a region in Southern France, famous for its wine production].Since then, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and more recently Armenia have all decided to rebrand certain local products, mostly cheeses and… [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 7:54 am
The call for applications is here, while the advertisement is here and the original advert is here.If you're thinking of buying fellow Kat Eleonora's new book, but can't work out how to claim the 35% reduction for IPKat readers, the easiest way to do it is by emailing sales@e-elgar.co.uk and quoting the order code ROSA35. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 2:58 am
Reviewing a book such as the CIPA Guide to the Patents Act is a dream for a patent nerd like this Kat. [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 12:26 am
However, there seems to be room for some improvement as the Committee for Design Law of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (“GRUR Committee”) made up of design law experts from the academia, the judiciary, the legal profession as well as from industry has submitted elsewhere.Visual disclaimers, Kat-styleIn fact, the GRUR Committee takes the position that any convention, establishing standards of how to interpret a design and how to… [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 4:26 pm
However, this Kat can offer you an update on the Haribo vs Lindt Gold Bear trade mark dispute: according to information published on the German Federal Court of Justice's website, this equally gold-themed matter has now reached Germany's highest court in civil matters and a hearing in this dipsute has been scheduled at the BGH for 25 June 2015, (BGH case reference I ZR 105/14).Lindt's teddyThe original gold bearsThe case: upholding a claim brought by… [read post]
