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15 May 2019, 10:06 pm
Tosshan Ramgolam reports on our own Kat Eleonora Rosati holding the official book launch for her new book, Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 9:19 am
An overall assessment must be made in which all the relevant factors of the individual case must be taken into account.While the CJEU has issued several rulings interpreting this concept, so far there has been no guidance as to whether bad faith may be applied in conjunction with other absolute grounds for invalidity, such as those concerning functionality.To this Kat, it seems that the answer to Question 3 will be rather straightforward: according to Art. 52(1)(b), bad faith shall be… [read post]
1 Apr 2024, 8:33 am
Up to this date, this Guest Kat has not been aware of any case where the respective parties complained about the lack of TQJs in the appeal. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 7:42 pm
It seems to this Kat that, unless Mr Forsgren is able to provide additional material not referred to in the present decision, the referring court will decide against the granting of an SPC.This Kat notes that the judgment does not require the marketing authorisation to ‘disclose’ the independent ‘actions’ required for a substance to be considered an active ingredient, but only that they must be ‘covered’ by the therapeutic indications the… [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 1:29 am
Our beloved blogmeister posted a short report last week on the decision of the Court of Appeal in the IPCom/HTC case, concerning the guidance on whether patent infringement cases should be stayed in this country when there are pending opposition proceedings at the European Patent Office.The timing of the decision was very interesting to this Kat. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 1:00 pm
This Kat was reading this press release from the Law Society of Scotland, and he choked on his catfood on the degree to which it is misleading and just plain wrong. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 6:47 am
This Kat is delighted to continue the reporting on the 5th edition of the Intellectual Property Case Law Conference (IPCLC) organised by the Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). [read post]
10 May 2015, 6:20 am
This Kat came across a slightly old article on ‘The Functions of Oral Argument in the U.S. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 11:09 am
The issue of orphan works as an obstacle to the “productive and beneficial uses” of copyright works has been recognised as a policy challenge since at least 2006 when the US Copyright Office first made proposals for a legislative solution.Since 2006, we have seen major legislative initiatives such as the EU Orphan Works Directive 2012 (Kat post here) and the UK IPO orphan works licensing scheme (Kat post here). [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 8:01 am
It seems to this Kat that the solution to there being little new news is to write about old news. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 8:34 am
., using the British Kat [right] for “advertisement within an application, website, game or other software … including banner ads, over-page, in-page or web video advertisements” in the sole UK for one month would cost 255 Euros [Euros for a copyright licence over a British Kat in UK? [read post]
16 Jun 2016, 9:59 am
Incidentally, this is a truly beautifully-written Opinion, in which the AG linked the legal issues facing this reference to the broader discussion of the role of libraries [it is interesting to note how recently some 'new' AGs, like Szpunar and Wathelet (eg GS Media), have produced ambitious and forward-looking opinions, that represent a welcome departure from the fairly dry style of some other AGs ...].The Opinion opens in fact with the following consideration [WARNING:… [read post]
4 Feb 2014, 3:59 am
This Kat is under the impression that this ruling is fairly a relevant one in the process of CJEU-led construction of EU copyright. [read post]
27 Sep 2015, 5:54 am
This Kat was quite content when all the news items concerning Ella the selfie-taking black macaque had gone quiet [on which see earlier Katpost here]. [read post]
9 Nov 2020, 8:25 am
In this Kat’s opinion, “yes”. [read post]
29 Mar 2015, 7:27 am
This Kat well recalls the problems faced by international brands, returning to South Africa after years of boycotts in the Apartheid era, only to find that other were mischievously using their brands. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 4:22 am
Simon MalyniczSimon Malynicz (Three New Square): Mr Trade Mark Law himself, Simon Malynicz has had an exceptionally busy few years appearing before the CJEU and UK courts, most recently in the ongoing Kit Kat trade mark case concerning the acquired distinctiveness and technical function of the shape of the Kit Kat bar. [read post]
18 Jan 2022, 3:37 am
Although the AmeriKat told this Kat that she wonders whether such stringent rules put a potential defendant in a Catch 22: either you are too hasty and the rights holder hasn't threatened action yet so you can't get a DNI or you are too late after the rights holder had threatened but after you started marketing so don't get a DNI. [read post]
3 Jan 2019, 3:38 am
Don't get this Kat wrong. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 11:22 am
They make interesting reading, outlining in particular agreed positions on issues like grace periodsWhile Merpel has been concerned as to why this group should call itself Group B+ and not something grander, this Kat has been busily posting the next thing to The Thoughts of Chairman Alty, which is his very own memo on the sub-group's progress. [read post]
