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7 Dec 2020, 11:10 pm
This Kat was lucky to attend (and be on the panel of) this year’s Stockholm IP Law Review annual conference, which invites prominent speakers in the IP field to discuss current issues of importance. [read post]
16 Nov 2014, 6:02 pm
This Kat also wants to know (i) if the criteria for fixing the fees will be made public and (ii) what sort of provision has been made for their swift amendment if it appears that, through a palpable erroneous set of initial assumptions, the unitary patent will produce a cash mountain like that accumulated by OHIM after the launch of the Community trade mark system]. [read post]
EPO revises proposals for renewal fees for Unitary Patents - but does it really make any difference?
21 May 2015, 8:15 am
Significant savings will be available to innovators who file applications directly at the EPO and this should provide a clear benefit to European applicants.In addition to the matters pointed out by Bernie, this Kat notes that the reduced fee proposals apply disproportionately in the early years, and so benefit in particular industries with short product lifecycles where patents are less likely to be maintained after, say, the first ten years. [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 2:39 am
Kat friends Lau Kok Keng and Nicholas Lauw, partners, and Jiamin Leow, associate, of Rajah & Tann, share their thoughts on a recent trademark decision in Singapore regarding the thorny matter of when parallel importation may not be allowed. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 2:16 am
Kat friend, Becky Knott, reports on an interesting decision by the General Court that is notable for the degree to which the court analysed the properties of the relevant goods in determining trade mark non-use. [read post]
14 Apr 2019, 9:15 am
Registration is available here.Another Kat tackling some booksReportsThe Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, IPOS, has issued a statement, announcing that the new Registry of Geographical Indications at IPOS will commence operations on 1 April 2019 to receive applications from anywhere in the world for the registration of geographical indications (GI). [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 3:15 am
Kat friends Nina O'Sullivan and Victoria Wilson from Mishcon de Reya in London report on these developments. [read post]
21 Nov 2019, 12:27 am
Kat friend Penelope Ng brings us a summary of a recent trademak case in Singapore in which bad faith was succesfully claimed. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 12:39 am
Before we all start wrapping our presents (if you haven't already) and making the journey back home for the holidays, you can find out about IP events, job opportunities and news here.Is this Kat in awe of Christmas, or the wonder that is IP law... who knows? [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 7:08 am
Excuse this Kat for not having resisted using a pun in this post title – wishing all of you happy Holidays and a healthy New Year! [read post]
13 Sep 2020, 12:18 am
Kat friend Aditya Gupta reports on an interesting judgment from the High Court of Delhi in this regard. [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 3:59 am
The General Court (GC) followed suit, with two more rulings addressing a five-parallel-stripe sign adorning a shoe surprisingly similar to this Kat's favourite childhood model, referred to as the Original Superstars [see the IPKat notes here and here]. [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 12:14 am
.* A Kat's 2015 Copyright AwardsLike last year and the year before, Eleonora reviews the copyright year, awarding a number of prizes to the most relevant developments occurred in 2015. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 4:27 am
But - notes this Kat - can the same be said also for other EU Member States? [read post]
11 Dec 2015, 4:57 am
This is an interesting aspect which serves to show how national economies and their strategies are inter-connected with national champion brands (some Kats will surely recall the Siemens bribery scandal and the impact it had on “Made in Germany” branding). [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 5:03 am
The AmeriKat is stunnedby the number of injunctionsbeing granted in Düsseldorf A recent series of German injunctions (on the merits) granted by the Düsseldorf Regional Court in respect of generic versions of Novartis' Afinitor (everolimus) has been flagged to the AmeriKat's attention by a dear Scottish Kat friend. [read post]
8 Feb 2023, 1:53 am
Kat friend Latha Nair reports on an interesting decision from India on the registrability of two marks--SWISS MILITARY and design, and the word mark SWISS MILITRY. [read post]
19 Feb 2023, 10:53 pm
For this Kat, the fact that counsel for Villa Crop raised this plea is ingenious especially resulting as it were in the possibility of indirectly addressing the negative consequences of a depository patent system such as operates in South Africa. [read post]
6 Mar 2021, 2:02 am
In that 2019 ruling, the CJEU consolidated its settled case law, starting as early as Infopaq [Kat-anniversary post here], and clarified – once and for all – that, under EU law, copyright protection arises when there is (1) a work, which is (2) original. [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 5:10 am
Only hours after updating the IPKat on the current state of its work with the UK's Intellectual Property Office on lookalike packaging, the British Brands Group, in the person of John Noble, has jogged this Kat's memory an prompted him to tell readers all about the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which has been busying itself by publishing its own important study on brands and their role in the marketplace. [read post]
