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8 Mar 2015, 10:51 am
The case that forms the subject of this guest blog from Katfriend, blogger and recent guest Kat Marie-Andrée Weiss is one that immediately caught the IPKat's attention since his first thought was to ask whether it highlights a difference of approach between the trade mark law of the United States and that of the European Union. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 6:29 am
This moggy and the other Kat-bloggers are quite busy enough with their day-jobs and with covering other IP developments and have no interest in either manufacturing comments or manipulating debate. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 4:09 am
This Kat will not attempt a summary here as the talks were very procedural. [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 8:23 am
Yesterday was a big IP day at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), with both the judgment in Copydan (private copying levies) [here] and the Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs (plant variety rights) [here].However, while browsing the Curia calendar and press releases, this Kat's attention was drawn to another case which, although not strictly IP-related, might be very relevant IP-wise, especially for copyright… [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 4:29 am
This Kat is usually about as far away from the world of fashion as can be. [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 4:06 am
Following Cat the emeritus Kat's post earlier this week on the Wu-Tang Clan's ingenious (though not, it seems, quite so original) plan for launch the group's latest album as, quite literally, a one-off, the Kats have had the pleasure of receiving an email from Les Hurdle. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 2:47 pm
Having had an initial read of the Rulings and the preceding explanatory paragraphs, this Kat has sought in this post to summarise (and to some extent, paraphrase the often inaccessible CJEU language) to draw out the key issues before the CJEU and their responses. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 12:56 am
Cat the Kat). [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 1:40 pm
This Kat has just been informed that it's now open for registration, so get a move on and click here to sign up for the most exciting and, if you are invited to speak, potentially scary event you are likely to experience.A Kat, live and in colour! [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 8:35 am
Given that the Copydan decision is due to be handed down by the CJEU tomorrow (Thursday, 5 March), this Kat thought it would be a timely opportunity to step back and provide a high level overview of why the private copying exception has been in the legal limelight. [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]
3 Mar 2015, 9:02 am
This Kat is sure that we will soon hear from some of our readers ... [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 1:55 am
Last Thursday, this Kat’s esteemed moggy friend and blogmeister Jeremy reporteda High Court Order obtained by Warner-Lambert (part of the Pfizer group) mandating the NHS to release guidance about the prescribing of pregabalin. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 1:06 am
This might explain why Professor Geiger's book has drawn on so long a list of distinguished contributors -- and why, in this Kat's opinion, the good professor deserves a decent katpat for all his effort. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 2:43 pm
.* A test-drive for the Unified Patent Court: Part III Here Jeremy hosts the third in the series of posts from London-based law firm Bristows (where guest Kat Tom works) on its real-time experiment in litigating before the proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC). [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 12:19 pm
Katfriend Tania Phipps-Rufus writes to tell this Kat that she is hosting an event at Condé Nast College of Fashion, 16–17 Greek Street, Soho. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 5:41 am
I named it after myself not just because both cats and Kats are notoriously vain, but - importantly - because it was intended to be neither authoritative nor exhaustive.Now that I have finished the trade mark part of my undergraduate intellectual property law course at the University of Southampton, I have prepared another checklist, this time for alleged trade mark infringement cases. [read post]
1 Mar 2015, 4:19 am
However it leads this Kat to wonder about double patenting. [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]
27 Feb 2015, 4:27 am
This Kat quite likes the idea of lawyers being able to show that they are acting under instruction, particularly if they bill him for the work they've done ...]. [read post]
