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26 Sep 2024, 10:00 pm
More findings of the GII 2024 regional innovation leaders for Latin America and the Caribbean by this Kat can be reviewed here (in Spanish). [read post]
7 Oct 2024, 10:27 pm
Kat-gatheringAutumn is in full swing in the Northern hemisphere and so are activities, events, and developments in the IP field. [read post]
Shock ruling by top European Court: enforcing a patent is an abuse of process, except where it isn't
16 Jul 2015, 8:25 am
Is this Kat alone in feeling that, so far as is indicated in this media release, we haven't learned anything we didn't already know: the law is what we assumed it was and the enforcement of a patent is either an abuse of a dominant position or it isn't, depending on what the trial court finds on the facts. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 9:07 am
This Kat does not understand the Iron & Smith judgment to mean that a well-known trade mark is deemed to be infringed in the entire EU simply because the mark is known and the infringement took place in a substantial part of the EU. [read post]
5 Dec 2021, 2:03 am
[Which, in this Kat's view, is almost certainly a restraint of trade that a revocation provision in copyright law could remedy.]The Government's view and the outcome of the debateGeorge Freeman MP (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation) delivered the Government's views on the Bill. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 1:18 am
Kat friends Gretchen Su and Lee in Hae report on a recent case in Singapore dealing with the question that has vexed trademark practitioners for years (centuries?) [read post]
15 Mar 2021, 10:17 am
This Kat is delighted to bring you a book review of Global Mandatory Fair, the Nature and Scope of the Right to Quote Copyright Works by Tanya Aplin, King's College London and Lionel Bently, University of Cambridge. [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]
18 Jun 2021, 4:10 am
Sandra is an IP lawyer and PhD student at University Carlos III Madrid under the supervision of Sara Martín Salamanca, and visiting PhD student at Brunel University London, under the supervision of this Kat. [read post]
7 Aug 2024, 11:58 am
The Kat team looks forward to your views and opinions in the comment section. [read post]
4 Nov 2024, 5:23 am
If you missed out on The IPKat last week and want to catch up, then join this Kat for a summary of what you missed. [read post]
24 Jan 2019, 6:08 am
The UK Patents Act, for example excludes as infringing acts, "acts done privately and for purposes which are not commercial" (UKPA, Section 60(5)(a)).This Kat will watch the further progress of DeepMind’s growing portfolio of patent applications with interest.By Rose Hughes [read post]
30 Nov 2021, 7:45 am
Kat friend, Becky Knott, promises that she doesn’t just write about alcohol, see here, but a recent decision involving the Protected Designation of Origin for ‘Porto’ caught her eye (palate?). [read post]
19 Jan 2025, 12:30 am
This Kat wonders if readers know of any applicants or patentees having success with this strategy yet? [read post]
25 May 2017, 4:45 am
The AmeriKat's professional life, be it on the Kat or sat at her desk litigating her hours away, involves a huge amount of coordination, support and opposition with lawyers from all over the world. [read post]
Rome Court of First instances confirms once again that takedown requests do not need to include URLs
18 Jul 2016, 6:56 am
The court ruled out that Megavideo could enjoy such protection, and did so for a number of reasons:The files available on its platform could be streamed by an indeterminate and potentially high number of persons;The contents available on its platform were organised in categories;Megavideo engaged in an intensive advertising activity through banners of different types and formats, available within the home page and internal pages alike;The advertising content varied depending on the geographic… [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 3:41 am
This guest Kat wonders if it demonstrates some uncertainty in the future resources of the office. [read post]
20 Oct 2020, 4:48 am
Sundara Rajan drew the special attention of Kat friend Jonathan Coote, who offers his own thoughts on Glenn Gould, performance, recording, and user rights. [read post]
4 Dec 2018, 12:27 pm
Kat licknkingCan linking to protected content be considered an infringement of IP rights, at certain conditions? [read post]
28 Feb 2019, 9:32 pm
Kat blocking access to the internetThe IPKat is delighted to host the following opinion by former GuestKat Mirko Brüß on a very recent decision of the Swiss top court concerning the availability or - rather - unavailability of blocking injunctions in that country.Here's what Mirko writes: "The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland just said “no” to a an application of a Swiss movie studio which had requested local ISP Swisscom to block its… [read post]
