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22 Aug 2014, 7:40 am
This Kat wonders whether the Korean approach to facilitating the production of creative contents can also have greater policy traction in the West. [read post]
16 Sep 2015, 11:22 pm
.* Alarm and distress would arise from the premature revelation of private information and, while damages might not extend to £25,000, they were unlikely to be nugatory; there was a real possibility of more than nominal or minimal damages if Burrell established the facts relied on and there was an arguable claim with a real prospect of more than nugatory damages -- which was not an abuse of process.This Kat thinks that the decision is correct but still hopes that some sensible folk… [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 5:17 am
Resident Irish Kat David Brophy has solicited this explanation from his colleague Donal Kelly.David Brophy is on a brief catnap, and has asked me to put paw to paper (well, to keyboard), to give you a brief overview of some legislative proposals that would primarily effect Bolar type exemptions in Ireland. [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 1:37 am
Kat friend Constance Leong has kindly provided an update on the state of Singapore's FinTech Fast Track initiative. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 11:20 am
A lot of readers of this weblog were away last week when fellow Kat Eleonora posted this item on the contest she is running, which carries the generous prize of free registration (worth £239) for this year's Copyright and Technology one-day conference on Wednesday 1 October in which she is participating. [read post]
9 Jun 2021, 6:22 am
The Star Trek series was singular in multiple ways, not the least its contribution to our cultural lexicon: “Go where no man [later: “no one”] has gone before”, here; “Beam me up, Scotty” (although the precise phrase was never actually uttered, here); and “warp speed”.This Kat is partial to “beam me up, Scotty”, probably since he once encountered at O’Hare Airport the actor James Doohan, who played Montgomery… [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 12:27 am
Every now and then, The IPKat team welcomes new contributors, says thanks and goodbye to existing contributors, and shares some news concerning the Kats. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 12:37 pm
For anyone is reading this blog who is a fan of IP issues, this Kat delicately selected some interesting posts from other blogs to offer more information. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 8:47 am
First to speak after lunch was former guest Kat Darren Meale, on the wonderful world of designs. [read post]
22 Oct 2024, 10:04 am
A recent decision issued by the Paris Court of Appeal concerning the alleged infringement of an ephemeral orangery is worthy of note.A Kat sitting in an orangeryFactsThe facts of the case are relatively straightforward. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 4:01 pm
’Last week, while this Kat was clearly looking in the other direction and missed it completely, the CJEU ruled thus:'Article 5(3) ... must be interpreted as meaning that, where there are several supposed perpetrators of damage allegedly caused to rights of copyright protected in the Member State of the court seised, that provision does not allow jurisdiction to be established, on the basis of the causal event of the damage, of a court within whose jurisdiction the supposed perpetrator… [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 12:54 am
Kat friend Vanessa Delnaud of the Dubai office of Gowling WLG puts us straight on some of the major features of copyright law in the UAE. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 3:54 am
This Kat can confirm this—at a communal meal that he took part in prior to the event, he quite by chance met an attendee who had arrived from Houston, Texas (15 hour flight to Tokyo followed by a 7 hour flight to Singapore). [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 2:04 pm
In this Kat's view, if the technology to which the patent relates wasn't so valuable, and if the case wasn't so high profile, it seems highly unlikely that a Board of Appeal would even contemplate a referral.Stay tuned to IPKat for Day 4 as the hearing continues. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 4:00 am
This Kat has been looking forward to reading Sweet & Maxwell’s fifth edition of Internet Law and Regulation for a long time. [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 3:52 am
(On a side note, not much appears to have fundamentally changed in valuation since this Kat was a bank-kitten at the beginning of the noughties.)A chapter on damages presents a methodical, clear process for determining how damages might be assessed in the case of infringement. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 7:54 am
This Kat has to run out now--he just checked, it is already after midnight on his Made in Switzerland "Swatch" watch. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 4:52 am
The BGH’s headnotes neatly summarise this concise decision (Kat translation):(a) A suspension of a trade mark infringement court proceedings with regard to a pending cancellation action against the trade mark on which the infringement proceedings are based will usually not be allowed, where there no utmost probability (“keine überwiegende Wahrscheinlichkeit”) of success in the cancellation proceedings. [read post]
14 Nov 2023, 12:08 pm
Given that the mark being applied for is a position mark as opposed to a colour mark, it is a little odd to assess its colour separately.... and Kat heelsNeither the gold colour nor its position on the goods were regarded as having any distinctive value for the purposes of article 7 (1)(b) EUTMR.CommentThe refusal by the EUIPO highlights the challenges associated with registering position marks, especially when they are considered inseparable from the overall appearance of the product. [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 4:59 am
This Kat is happy that spring is here, but also shocked that March is nearly over.EventsIFIM, "Shaping the Digital Services Act: What impact on intellectual property? [read post]
