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24 Mar 2017, 4:45 am
The second was a passing off and trade mark action involving the once inauspicious word "Titanic".The third case, from the Fifth Chamber of the General Court, has a familiar taste to it, being yet another stage in the battle over the Kit-Kat four-finger chocolate bar shape mark.The 1709 BlogR.I.P. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 1:56 am
This Kat is therefore currently forced to rely on the EPO summary. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 3:08 am
Kat friend Fredy Sánchez Merino brings us the following report on an interesting copyright development in Colombia. [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 4:37 am
As far as this Kat could ascertain, the outcome of the Mercer Review appeared to amount to the rather bizarre decision to abolish mark schemes, combined with the hope that there will be a contemporaneous improvement in training for all trainees (IPKat). [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 11:58 am
(This Guest Kat is grateful for Professor Sandeen's comments on this subject.) [read post]
26 Sep 2021, 1:59 am
Kat friend Doug Calhoun reports on the complicated follow-up to the New Zealand case of infringement of gold kiwifruit. [read post]
8 Mar 2022, 6:07 am
Kat friend, Vishv Priya Kohli, reports on an interesting development in Denmark regarding design law protection, with the establishment of the Danish Design Board.In Denmark, the challenge facing designers and artists in enforcing their rights against infringement has been an area of concern for at least the past two decades, here. [read post]
25 Jan 2019, 8:55 am
If you are interested in attending the Congress, you can find all the relevant information in the program available here.This Kat is tired after a whole day of seminars In the framework of the Intellectual Property Law research seminar series 2019, the CCLFR and the University of Reading will host, on 20 March 2019, 14.00-15.00, Palmer 103, Dr Matt Fisher (University College of London) with the seminar “Doctrine of Equivalents”. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 7:12 am
The Court of Justice of the European Unionconsiders whether patents, like cats, shouldhave the benefit of nine lives ...Some years ago this Kat discovered that not all readers of this weblog were as excited by the subtle nuances of pharmaceutical and agrochemical patent term extension in the European Union and beyond as he was. [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 9:16 am
As our readers know, yesterday current and past Kats, Katfriends, and several Katreaders alike gathered at the London offices of Allen&Overy and online to celebrate the (first) 20 years of our beloved IP blog, which has always had – as its core mission – to bring IP news and fun to everyone. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 12:50 pm
There once was a Kat who liked rhyming,But never could master the timing,Invited submissionsFor special editionsAnd discovered some poets a-climbing.Congratulations to John Boumphrey for his winning entry! [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 9:49 am
Now, to the Kats' delight, the online edition is to be the authentic and legally binding one. [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 4:28 am
To Kats, this is thewelcome sight of comfy chairs, recently vacated It might be argued that intellectual property has entered the mainstream of public consciousness over the past decade. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 4:24 am
Potential participants will be selected from the list mentioned above by mid-August in order to provide them sufficient time for their respective arrangements.More information on the first economic workshop(114 KB) This Kat continues to oscillate between acute anxiety and deep concern that discussions about IP enforcement in the European Union are all too easily broken down into IP owners talking with each other, litigators sharing thoughts with litigators, economists discussing their… [read post]
29 Jan 2020, 12:34 am
This Kat has reviewed the The "Research Handbook on Patent Law Theory", second edition Edward Elgar Publishing, edited by Toshiko Takenaka offers a comparative approach by which salient issues of patent law are discussed from the principal vantage of three major jurisdictions, the United States, Europe and Japan. [read post]
29 Mar 2024, 2:30 am
On 29 February 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released a report on “Emerging public perceptions of intellectual property in UK media” authored by fellow Kat Hayleigh Bosher. [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 1:16 am
The first question, as set out by the Court, asked whether "…Article 8(1)… must be interpreted as meaning that, in order to ascertain whether the features of appearance of a product are solely dictated by its function, the existence of alternative designs is decisive, or whether it must be established that function is the only factor which dictated those characteristics".Kat's choice of 'functional' design was interesting to say the leastHaving… [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 10:00 am
The Court of Appeal handed down its decision yesterday in Hospira v Genentech (with the first instance decision reported by this Kat here). [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 8:44 am
"Kat readers may be aware that Mexico has been working on the creation of a Trademark Opposition system for some time, in order to help bring the country in line with global best practices for trademark examination. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 1:16 am
What's more, the tax authorities would have required Dunnes to retain copies of invoices and other materials to ensure compliance with proper accounting and financial procedures, and it was highly unlikely that a company the size of Dunnes would not have electronic copies of the documentation [this is true, says this Kat, but Dunnes is an Irish company, the trade mark is an Irish trade mark and, in Ireland, the normal is sometimes a little different ...].As for the statement that… [read post]
