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1 Nov 2009, 12:05 pm
In years gone by, however, she has metamorphosed into Marie Antoinette, Medusa, and of course the classic black Kat. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 1:14 am
The Kats are very grateful to their man in China, Tom Carver (Wragge), for delving a bit further into the legal dimensions of this curious episode. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 12:21 am
Come on WIPO, says the Kat! [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 12:33 am
Sadly, the competition did not attract as many entries as the Kat had hoped -- and the objects which competitors deemed worthy of being interred in the concrete foundations of WIPO Tower included several former employees of that organisation as well as a number of current members of the judiciary. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 12:51 pm
While there are good arguments to support the Frankfurt court's stricter view, this Kat feels inclined to agree with the Bundesgerichtshof's approach, which appears is little closer to reality when it interprets "circulation" as an external process, with the crucial moment being once actual publication has taken place rather than the moment when an image is sourced from an archive and passed on to another press outlet. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 2:56 am
", here, in which the IPKat reviews an important strategic victory for Nokia in its long-standing row with IPCom over the need to take a patent licence; * "Does and Don'ts, Rights and Wongs: US pornography goes to court", here, this being a curious case in which Cat the Kat turns the spotlight on US copyright and the protection of pornography; * "Adult fun, childish threats: Wild allegations of trade mark infringement", here, another tale from the US,… [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 5:47 am
The IPKat has been assiduously following this dispute: see "Just Another Plectranthus, says the CFI", "A Lion Roars ... a Kat Laughs" and "Don't Dig Up Technical Assessments, Warns AG").Right: Plectranthus ornatus -- very cute, but it never stood up in courtIn short, Schräder applied to the CVPO for a Community plant variety right under Council Regulation 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 7:11 am
Similarly, OHIM correctly held that the average consumer in Sweden, the Benelux, Germany, France, Italy and Austria would not assume that all vehicles, parts and accessories come from the same manufacturer simply on the basis of the combination of the three letters ‘gti’ and accordingly any likelihood of confusion was excluded".So far as this Kat can tell, there were no legal landmarks in this ruling; it looks as though it is just a routine, humdrum, tick-the-box… [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 7:17 am
On a day when Standard Chartered shares are falling, discord between the coalition parties increases and the UK's Olympic successes become set to break records, this little bit of (slightly old) news caught this Kat's eye while getting her daily dose of current affairs. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 10:11 pm
Ever conscious of its beauty, wit and unparalleled singing voice, the Kat is justifiably vain. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 2:35 pm
In the future WCO plans to add-on a compendium of national IPR legislation [the IPKat wonders how much of this law is already on WIPO's CLEA database -- which in the past has sometimes lacked the documents for which the Kat has been hunting. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 6:43 am
Objectives clauses are also included in the patents legislation of other nations, including Japan, Korea, China, and in the New Zealand Patents Bill".The Kat wonders how the statement of objectives would compare with the recitals that front Europe's Directives and Regulations, which sometimes seem tiresomely contradictory unless they are taken collectively as a general instruction to the court which interprets them to find the right balance on all occasions when called… [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 3:19 pm
But today, his voice choking with unfeigned emotion (the Kats fondly imagine), in Dame Vivienne Westwood OBE v Anthony Edward Knight [2011] EWPCC 008, the judge was heard to utter the long-awaited words: "This is the first trial in the Patents County Court conducted under the new procedural scheme applicable in this court which came into force in October 2010". [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 2:59 am
A Cambodian jeeb Perusing his daily copy of the Bangkok Post, this well-read Kat could not fail to spot an article that, he instantly recognised, was bound to fascinate and enchant his readers. [read post]
2 May 2012, 4:01 pm
This member of the IPKat team would like to make special mention of the efforts of his Kat-colleague, patent litigator Annsley Merelle Ward, whose detailed accounts of the various stages of the proposals and what passed for a debate on them have served as an effective briefing document for many of those whose submissions have helped persuade the Scrutiny Committee of its position. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 5:52 am
He is a simple Kat who has never felt that a complex test is needed and he mourns the passage of Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd [1982] RPC 183 -- a decision that seems to be floating in a sort of precedental limbo, no longer authoritative but still worthy enough to cite. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 1:50 pm
The Kat will be watching keenly for further developments. [read post]
19 Dec 2010, 7:24 am
This Kat has been away from his domestic lair, attending to several personal matters where even his beloved IP became momentarily of minor importance. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 8:23 am
Having just noted that His Honour Judge Birss is stepping up from the PCC to hear the Apple v Samsung design case on Monday, this Kat was delighted to notice that the same Judge has just issued a lovely decision in a patent case, again sitting as a High Court judge. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 4:44 am
’ Despite Tefal’s best efforts (including a point of sale cut-out exposing the red dot) to distinguish its red dot from the Kit-Kat case, they failed to show origin indication. [read post]
