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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]
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]
30 Jun 2013, 9:28 am
The theme of contrasts between the common law and the civil law traditions -- contrasts which this Kat considers to have played an important part in the development of both national and EU IP law in the previous century but to be playing themselves out now -- has already been picked up and elaborated in an earlier tome published by Hart, that being Intellectual Property Overlaps: A European Perspective by Estelle Derclaye and Matthias Leistner (noted here by the IPKat). [read post]
29 May 2014, 1:24 am
Note to readers: there won't be more than four posts on this topic today -- and there will be none tomorrow unless this Kat can persuade anyone to guest a piece for him. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 4:44 am
So this morning, having been cruelly awoken from recovering from a cold by an impromptu appearance from her plumber, she logged in to Twitter to find news of the IPO having today published not one but two papers on copyright and orphan works (for previous Kat posts on orphan works click here). [read post]
8 Oct 2018, 6:22 am
Supp. 2d 410, 417 the 2nd Circuit held in fact that If the difference is ... such to convey to the ordinary viewer that this is a joke, not the real thing, then confusion as to source, sponsorship, affiliation or connection is unlikely.Evidence suggests that consumers got the pun, as many purchasers of FEYONCÉ products were, in fact, engaged.Merpel's favourite Beyoncé song: Kitty Kat Although some of the Polaroid factors would weigh in favour… [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 9:56 pm
A few weeks back, this Kat wrote an article about a case which relied on the UK law of passing off in a UK trade mark infringement claim. [read post]
22 Aug 2018, 6:57 am
This Kat takes the opportunity to ask, in view of the US and UK governments current position that cannabis has no medicinal use, how strong are the patents claiming the very same? [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 12:41 pm
., 0:13-cv-61582.This Kat Has to Ask: Is this Alsatian Pinot ? [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 2:44 am
From a recent PETOSEVIC newsletter this Kat has learned that Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia have ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Treaty, with Armenia to follow. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 1:35 pm
The original product patent has expired, and, for reasons which are intriguing but not disclosed, Warner-Lambert obtained a supplementary protection certificate which extended protection for pregabalin to 17 May 2018, but allowed it to lapse for non-payment of fees (this Kat would love to know why). [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 11:28 am
This was an event eagerly awaited by Katfriend Simon Klopschinski, attorney-at-law at the German IP firm rospatt osten pross, who has been looking forward to the opportunity to put his Kat paws on this decision and share his thoughts about it. [read post]
22 Nov 2023, 12:46 pm
As the UK Government grapples with how to address the new technological landscape of artificial intelligence, several Committee Inquiries are underway to consider if or how the Government should intervene, including the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee on Large Language Modules, at which this Kat was invited to provide evidence. [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 5:33 am
In particular, two cases clarified the assessment of novelty and distinctness of plant varieties that were the subject of earlier foreign IP rights, but didn’t claim priority in their subsequent Italian plant variety rights (PVR) applications.Priority for Plant VarietiesThis Kat was full of beans after reading these decisionson Italian plant variety law. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 3:46 am
A few weeks after one of the most unusual referrals to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the EPO, this Kat tries to take a step back to answer both: (1) why the highest judicial instance of the organization has to weigh in on a question of geography and (2) what arguments may guide the EBA’s decision. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 9:14 am
Don't worry, the AmeriKat's friend Alex Woolgar (Allen & Overy) reports on what it is all about and this morning's sessions for the Kat's readers. [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 2:56 am
Katfriend Nils Rauer (Hogan Lovells) represented TU Darmstadt in the German litigation, and has contacted this Kat to let the readers of this blog know that, following the CJEU judgment, the Bundesgerichtshof has now issued its decision [not yet available] in this case, ruling completely in favour of TU Darmstadt. [read post]
8 May 2015, 7:06 am
This Kat is also aware from his own experience on an examination committee how it can occur that candidates spot arguments or points that the entire committee missed when setting the exam. [read post]
6 Apr 2022, 2:00 am
This Kat would be interested to hear from readers of any other recent cases in which claims directed to a genus of antibodies defined only by function and/or epitope have been maintained on appeal. [read post]
17 Apr 2023, 12:55 am
This Kat wonders if ViCo technology has indeed made such leaps since July 2021, when G1/21 was decided. [read post]
