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19 Mar 2014, 11:15 am
Only one person really understands it, and that's fellow Kat Neil -- and even he isn't so sure about what it actually means]. [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 2:42 am
For fans of the various Gold Bunny trade mark disputes, this Kat can report on a similarly addictive dispute relating to Gold Bears of the foiled and gummy bear varieties.Upholding a claimbrought by confectionery manufacturer Haribo, the Regional Court of Cologne in December 2012 (Regional Court of Cologne (Landgericht Köln), 33O 803/11) decided that sweet maker Lindt's three-dimensional gold-foiled chocolate bears amounted to an infringing ‘visual representation’ of… [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]
17 Mar 2014, 2:01 am
This Kat understands that some folk who unfortunately will not be able to attend this year's Fordham IP Conference have been fortunate to sign up for fellow Kat Eleonora's imaginative and informative Post-Fordham Catch-Up event, in which this weblog's resident copyright enthusiast will be reviewing the latest opinions of judges, scholars, copyright giants and practitioners in some of that subject's most keenly-contested areas. [read post]
16 Mar 2014, 2:24 am
As this Kat discovered at the very entrance, it is that it is intended to show that "there was not one but several Cartier-Bressons." [read post]
15 Mar 2014, 10:56 am
This Kat is very grateful to Katfriend and colleague Gary Moss who not only alerted him to this interesting Court of Appeal decision (Kitchin LJ giving the judgment) from earlier this week but also allowed your humble servant to snaffle his report for editing and now posting. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 5:46 am
This moggy is more used to dealing with legislative instruments in their final form than the intricacies of the interim procedures as to how they are amended en route, but by making Merpel skulk around the pages of the Parliament website, it appears as follows.As this Kat understands it, the amendments to the Bill that were passed at the Third Reading are given here, and they appear to be the amendments listed under A in this Kat's previous report of the IP Bill (here). [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 3:22 am
This Kat learns that the CNAC can be an effective tool, in that it is a single body combining all the forces that combat the serious problem of counterfeiting every day. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 2:18 pm
The focus was on what Prime Minister Ayrault called “The Brand France” (though this Kat wonders whether he used the French form of the phrase). [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 1:43 pm
This Kat brings you a cautionary tale from the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (“IPEC”), England and Wales, where in Lilley v DMG Events Ltd [2014] EWHC 610 (IPEC), 12 March 2014, a significant exaggeration of the damages claimed in respect of a copyright infringement has led to a case being struck out of court. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 5:45 am
When it comes to IP Valuations in practice, however, this Leo is quite the scaredy-kat. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 12:55 pm
QMJIP also has its own very serious Kat-free, indeed illustration-free weblog, which you can sample here.Looking for Tuvalu ...Making waves. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 12:34 pm
This morning the UK Intellectual Property Office made available a user-friendly update on what is happening to design-related issues in the Intellectual Property Bill, currently discussed in the House of Commons [‘IP Bill’, on which see earlier posts of Kats Darren(s) here and here].As readers may recall, one of the IP Bill’s goals is to modernise UK design law in light of the recommendations provided for by the Hargreaves’ Review of Intellectual Property and… [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 8:15 am
Battle was joined and a sing-off commenced, with the decision resting in the hands of judges Louis Walsh*, Gary Barlow* and Mr Justice Colin Birss (*not really).I fought the law and the law wonBirss J applied the classic test for breach of confidence, being the three requirements enunciated in Coco v Clarke [1969] RPC 4 and recently restated by Mr Justice Arnold in Force India Formula 1 Team Limited v One Malaysia Racing Team [2013] RPC 29:a) the information in respect of which… [read post]
11 Mar 2014, 2:06 am
This Kat is, however, still a little unsure how the trade mark owner is meant to take the initiative and influence the distributors/bakers/licensees. [read post]
9 Mar 2014, 5:03 pm
This year's programme comprises three activities:* The Intellectual Property Law School (Monday 12 to Friday 16 May 2014, Macau Cultural Center)* The Intellectual Property Seminar (Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 May 2014, Macau) Trade Secrets,* The Professional IP Update 2014 (Wednesday 21 May 2014, Hong Kong) More information about these exciting events, in which guest Kat Alberto will be participating, is available here.International Patent Forum 2014: who exactly is speaking? [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 10:33 am
Nonetheless, this Kat is intrigued by the width of investigative and interpretational freedom that examiners and courts would have in assessing trade mark validity according to this decision. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 9:22 am
This Kat thinks that Francis has done a jolly good job so far and wishes him the best of luck in the next six years. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 7:09 am
One of these Kats' Facebook page, is [not paid-for, but just] walled. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 7:06 am
” (This Kat trundles to work every day on a daily basis and his anecdotal impression of who is reading what, motion sickness not to the contrary, confirms this observation.) [read post]
