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31 Dec 2023, 1:58 am
CommentIn this Kat's view, the Board seems to have reached the right conclusion, as the addition of the entire word SUSSEX to a non-distinctive mark should be enough for a finding of a lower degree of similarity. [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 2:34 am
There is some legal interest in this decision, but its real interest lies in the fact that the claimant is a fairly robust firm of intellectual property specialists (including, the Kat modestly notes, some of his friends and readers of this very weblog) -- not the best people with whom to pick a fight on issues of intellectual property law, one wold have thought.Red -- but not,it seems, legal ... [read post]
21 Dec 2014, 2:31 am
This Kat is all in favour of it and thinks it's part of the creative process, so long as it's not a substantial copying or one which is providing a market substitute for the sampled work -- but he knows that others have strong views to the contrary. [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 2:35 pm
Indeed, this Kat has been asked about her thoughts on Ms Swift’s trade marks quite a lot by non trade marky friends, also comparing it to the Rihanna t-shirt case.In kitten heels, no less...By way of background: Ms Swift, a pretty and successful US songstress, recently filed a number of trade mark applications at the US Patent and Trade Mark Office for word marks. [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 11:45 am
Noted by Kat post here.This case transpired after Grumpy Cat Ltd [plaintiff] licensed the use of their IPRs to Grenade Beverage LLC and its members, Nick and Paul Sandford [defendants] in 2013. [read post]
1 Nov 2018, 12:28 pm
Kat friend N Cansin Karga Giritli from Glasgow University was kind enough to provide the following summary of this noteworthy event. [read post]
17 Feb 2022, 3:25 am
This Kat is keeping an eye out. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 9:30 pm
And one of the things this Kat is keeping 3 of the 5 senses, alert for is: South Africa’s National Council of Provinces passed the Copyright Amendment Bill and sent it to the National Assembly for adoption. [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 3:03 am
Kat friend Marina Perraki summarizes the just concluded legislative enactment in Greece to introduce a form of mandatory, including with respect to IP infringement actions. [read post]
19 May 2020, 11:42 pm
Kat friend Matej Michalec discusses a decision by EUIPO's Cancellation Division, regarding bad faith in an invalidation action involving Chinese character marks, which merits particular attention. [read post]
6 Sep 2019, 12:36 am
A year ago, this Kat reported on the surprise ruling by the CJEU that organisms obtained by gene-editing should be considered genetically modified organisms (GMOs). [read post]
6 Aug 2024, 12:05 pm
This Kat confesses that her interest in this case was primarily piqued by the oddness of the subject matter. [read post]
18 Dec 2023, 9:27 am
This Kat reported here on the narrowing scope of protection of lowly distinctive marks. [read post]
20 Jan 2023, 7:46 am
As fellow Kat Anastasiia Kyrylenko reported here, this sign was found to be distinctive for various goods and services in Nice Classes 9, 35 and 41 at the filing date back in 2013. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 2:40 am
The decision is yet to be made available, but we have the relevant press release [UPDATE @10:38am: the judgment is now available here]BackgroundAs readers will remember, the background national proceedings concern a (Kat-free) calendar that was distributed during a public event on New Years Eve 2011, and whose cover reproduced a modified version of the cover to a well-known Suske en Wiske 1991 comic book in order to illustrate the ideas of Flemish nationalist… [read post]
7 May 2018, 12:39 am
”Kat whistleThe problem is that, even if the new rules grant protection just in cases of public interest, whether the definition of public interest given or the interpretation by courts could open up a minefield for rights owners and jeopardize IP and trade secret protection? [read post]
14 May 2014, 6:54 pm
A recently published European Patent Office Board of Appeal decision caught this Kat's eye, since it deals with Swiss-style patent claims. [read post]
29 Mar 2021, 11:00 pm
Perhaps some readers still appreciate the printed versions of such materials, but for this Kat, I would be content with being signposted to the online version – particularly if it meant that the reduced page numbers of the book would result in the book being printed on paper that wasn’t translucent. [read post]
21 May 2015, 10:39 am
This Kat in the meantime is left wondering whether, when a point seems hopeless in the final judgment, did the team advancing it not notice, or did they have nothing better to put forward? [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 4:48 pm
Of these agreements, those with the United States, Japan, South Korea and Canada will be superseded by the GPPH for the duration of the pilot".According to the Notes for Editors,"The secret of life is honesty and fairdealing: if you can fake that, you'vegot it made": Groucho Marx"... the full list of participating offices includes IP Australia (IP Australia), Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO), National Board of Patents and Registration of… [read post]
