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8 Mar 2019, 6:47 am
Kat in black-and-whiteFinally that day has now come.In a case before the Patents and Market Court of Appeals about the validity in Sweden of an international trade mark designating Sweden held by ContextLogic Inc, the court found that the outcome of the case depended entirely on whether the traditional maximalist Swedish view was workable in the light of Specsavers (my translation):If the (black and white, my addition) international registration should be considered to include… [read post]
22 Jun 2023, 2:49 am
Following IPKat’s breaking news on the Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND Judgment, this Kat finally managed to digest and analyse the detail of the Judgment. [read post]
26 Jun 2023, 11:00 pm
Readers may recall from this Kat’s post back in February that the NCOP had begun the first set of public hearings on the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB). [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 1:09 am
While awaiting for the new EU Design Directive (expected in 2022), this Kat decided to look back at one of the current Directive’s most discussed provisions: functional designs.Is this ribbon functional or aesthetic? [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 11:24 am
This is not the first time the Kat has raised the subject. [read post]
4 Jun 2022, 1:55 am
Regarding the monochrome red-coloured silhouette of, let’s say, an unspecified person, this Kat commented as follows:Iconic scene of 2017 China IPWithout seeing the Gif file, will you still believe that the figure is Michael Jordan? [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 9:16 am
Kat friend Just Wang of Bird & Bird ATMD in Singapore discusses how one can rely on passing off to successfully oppose the registration of a mark. [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]
23 Apr 2013, 8:51 am
It was then that this Kat remembered that he had earmarked another estoppel case for the weblog -- this time on issue estoppel -- in the form of Seven Arts Entertainment Ltd v Content Media Corporation Plc & Others [2013] EWHC 588 (Ch) .Seven Arts is a Chancery Division, High Court for England and Wales, decision of Mr Justice Sales which dates back to 13 March. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 8:50 am
In an earlier post, this Kat discussed the seemingly narrowing scope of protection of figurative marks in EU trade mark practice. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 2:49 pm
Fortunately, for those of us justifiably distracted by seasonal festivities, Kat friend and trade secrets guru Mark Ridgway (Allen & Overy) returns with the following summary:“As previously reported, following a rapid series of “trilogue” meetings on the EU Trade Secrets Directive late last year, a "provisional" agreement was reached between representatives of the European Parliament and EU Council on 15 December. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 3:17 am
" [if you support this proposal, please make this known to Prof Visser by emailing him at d.j.g.visser@law.leidenuniv.nl]This Kat has learned that image rights are part of Dutch copyright law pursuant to section 21 of the Copyright Act:Reminds you of anyone? [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 10:30 am
This collaboration has led both parties to know each other, and this process is supposed to continue now that some traditional right holders are attempting to become internet service providers and some internet service providers are undertaking commercial initiatives once considered exclusive territory of content providers.Another issue that deserves attention concerns right holders’ evolving approach towards copyright enforcement and exploitation, which for the sake of brevity this… [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 7:08 am
Having worked for a legal aid organization that serves the arts community in my state, this Kat has learned that the intersection of arts and law provides a variety of unique insights and challenges. [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 3:15 am
Readers will recall that this Kat has had his share of reservations about the Unified Patent Court (UPC) system, which is why he applauded the initiative taken by his friends at Bristows in conducting a real-time test drive of the new system. [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 1:00 am
What do Kat readers think - will transmission/retransmission disputes rear up in the era of simultaneous internet television transmission? [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 2:10 am
Kat friends Beatrice Wee and Hong Qibin examine the case of Burberry Ltd v Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd , in which the Singapore Court of Appeal held that as far as a freight forwarder was concerned, an alleged infringer is only liable for trade mark infringement under section 27 of Singapore’s Trade Marks Act (“TMA”) if it had knowledge or reason to believe that a sign had been affixed on the goods in question. [read post]
1 Nov 2021, 5:38 am
Kat friend Becky Knott reports on one of the latest, which is of particular interest.Bad faith is the ground du jour in the EU due to the SkyKick saga, which recently held that Sky did not act in bad faith when filing broadly. [read post]
2 Sep 2020, 9:36 am
More findings of the GII 2020 regional innovation leaders for Latin America and the Caribbean by this Kat can be reviewed here (in Spanish). [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 3:32 am
Following a recent guest post on Singaporean developments in the law of confidence, this Kat is now turning to a similar scenario considered by the Court of Appeal (England & Wales). [read post]
