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25 Jan 2015, 9:37 pm
It seems to this Kat that the issues which Emma highlights are far from being unique to the various branches of intellectual property practice and would appear to be endemic within legal practice as a whole. [read post]
25 Jan 2015, 7:50 am
Well, the IPKat has just received an analysis of that decision fresh from our recent guest Kat Marie-Andrée Weiss, which he is delighted to host. [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 5:19 am
Cloning: a plus for biotechThis Kat, who loves patent law but is no scientist, has been reading, with interest, enjoyment and increasing understanding, the recent blogposts by guest Kat Suleman Ali on the topic of biotech patents. [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 3:57 am
Annexed by Ecuador, the Galápagos and its unique isolated ecosystem continue to attract both scientists and tourists (including several from this Kat’s extended family). [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 4:35 am
" [para 33]Personally this Kat had some sympathy for AG Cruz Villalon the criterion proposed by the AG, especially damage-wise. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 4:33 am
"A few months ago, this Kat discovered from her favourite and very reliable source of legal information, ie Vogue, that this decision had been appealed. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 1:45 am
Readers will be aware that earlier this week, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal issued a ruling against second-hand ebook seller Tom Kabinet [here], although it refrained from addressing the issue of whether the InfoSoc Directive allows such thing as a digital exhaustion.At this stage this Kat notes that the Art&Allposters ruling may have provided a (partial) response to this thorny issue, yet the last word in this respect is probably yet to be said,… [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 1:35 pm
The original product patent has expired, and, for reasons which are intriguing but not disclosed, Warner-Lambert obtained a supplementary protection certificate which extended protection for pregabalin to 17 May 2018, but allowed it to lapse for non-payment of fees (this Kat would love to know why). [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 2:21 pm
Tonight the Kats are pleased to post another guest piece from Michel on life in Spain in this testing period for copyright owners, legislators, consumers and internet service providers alike. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 3:32 am
Earlier this month, this Kat posted an announcement concerning the publication of The Research Handbook on Cross-Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property, and explained that, as an interested party (being editor of the publisher's Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property series, of which this is the eighth), he was not in a position to deliver an arm's-length review of it. [read post]
19 Jan 2015, 11:37 am
Ingve argues that, not for the first time, legal issues are subordinated to the political interest in the implementation of the “patent package” and notes the failure to address the inadequacy of legal protection at the European Patent Office in light of the recent events which culminated in the President's suspension of a Board of Appeal member.Assuming that IDS stands for Information Disclosure Statement and is something to do with United States patent law, this… [read post]
19 Jan 2015, 8:09 am
But not all think alike, as this Kat dialogue between Darren and Donal Kelly, senior associate at FR Kelly, well-illustrates. [read post]
19 Jan 2015, 12:12 am
This Kat notes that also the previous Commission had started looking into this issue, notably in the leaked draft Impact Assessment [here]. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 2:46 pm
Going back to 1973, when this Kat commenced his doctoral research in intellectual property, it could fairly well be said that IP was a man's club. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 4:27 am
If readers learn of similar -- or indeed different -- policy statements from other offices, can they please let the Kats know so that they can spread the word. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 3:52 am
It is not clear to this Kat when and how this test should be applied to pharmaceutical cases, which brings in the broader issue of whether in biotech the scope of claims that is granted is being determined by the choice of the tests that are applied. [read post]
16 Jan 2015, 4:07 am
A quick flip through the other 92 names on the list of freshly-appointed QCs did not instantly reveal any other dyed-in-the-wool IP practitioners but, if the Kats have overlooked one, do please tell us and we will make amends.Just published. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 7:19 am
This Kat personally finds it a bit patronising - if not totally unacceptable - that an author should feel discouraged from enforcing his/her rights, on account that the infringing act at hand has been committed for laudable reasons. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 4:49 am
However, with law, as with grammar, if enough people subscribe to the “wrong” view, especially if this includes those responsible for implementing and ratifying the UPC, it can become “right”.Therefore, he was very glad to receive this masterful analysis from Donal Kelly, senior associate at FR Kelly, where our own dear Kat David Brophy resides. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 4:43 am
Anyway, in the absence of an authentic English text, this Kat brings you the Curia media release (it's not that often these days that a mere General Court IP decision will get the full Curia media release treatment), with a few additions and comments of his own:The Principality of Monaco cannot benefit from the protection of the trade mark MONACO in the EU in respect of certain goods and servicesThe word ‘MONACO’ designates the origin or geographical destination of the… [read post]
