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21 Oct 2010, 2:38 am
Consequently, the indiscriminate application of the private copying levy, in particular with respect to digital reproduction equipment, devices and media not made available to private users and clearly reserved for uses other than private copying, is incompatible with Directive 2001/29".The Kat's comments will follow in due course -- but readers don't have to wait for him to do so before making their own observations. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 3:55 pm
552/09 P, Ferrero SpA v Office of Harmonisation in the Etc Etc, Tirol Milch reg.Gen.mbH, Innsbruck another Community trade mark appeal in which sentiment, rather than sense, led the appellant to the Court of Justice of the European Union and into a defeat which not even the best counsel of the Kat's noble friend Charles Gielen could prevent. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 7:02 am
Kirsteen needed data as to how pervasive are the IP renewal, registration and directory scams which the Kat has written about from time to time. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 2:59 am
A Cambodian jeeb Perusing his daily copy of the Bangkok Post, this well-read Kat could not fail to spot an article that, he instantly recognised, was bound to fascinate and enchant his readers. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 2:00 am
Mercur Online reports that The Castle Department has appealed the DPMA's decision and the matter will now have to be decided by the German Federal Patent Court.While this Kat can see why the DPMA may have decided to invalidate the Neuschwanstein word mark registration, she cannot help but feeling some sympathy for the Bavarian Castle Department's desire to be able to regulate the good taste of the souvenirs sold, in particular after having conducted some online research into the… [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 10:00 am
Dids Macdonald of ACID (Anti-Copying in Design) has brought to the IPKat's attention this month's issue of Cabinet Maker (admittedly not a publication this Kat reads very often), which reports that MWF have been successful in recently winning £26,000 in damages and costs against a group of architects for allegedly copying kitchen designs produced by MWF. [read post]
15 Jun 2007, 10:45 am
It's been a while since the IPKat has changed his Poll (see top of the left hand side bar on the Kat's current page), but this time around he has a critically important question and he'd love your opinion. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 5:42 pm
Website hereThe IPKat is always prejudiced in favour of authors of of IP books whose surnames begin with "Kat", and Public Broadcasting and European Law,by Irini Katsirea, is no exception. [read post]
17 May 2009, 9:33 pm
Two things in this issue caught the Kat's eye. [read post]
15 Mar 2009, 10:01 pm
The Kat thinks the whole thing was a ploy to get him to talk about TIPLO's lovely logo, using only three of the five Olympic Rings and with not a lightbulb cliche in sight.Via R. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 12:21 am
Come on WIPO, says the Kat! [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 2:46 pm
New and improved plant varieties are pivotal [This Kat has never seen a plant variety pivot at all, though he has read all about Triffids] in ensuring better yields and adaptability to changing climatic and environmental conditions, thereby contributing to long-term food security. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 5:16 am
One particularly unwelcome view is that the language regime of the Court’s proposed central registry (which would conduct litigation in the language of the patent - English, French or German) is not compatible with the rights of Defendants who do not work in such languages [what about us poor English, who have been trying all morning to get an English-language copy of what looks like a French-only text, growls the Kat].So where does this leave the EEUPC dossier? [read post]
8 Dec 2022, 2:06 am
HR Work Break: Making the Hiring Process Inclusive Kat Kibben, CEO and Founder of Three Ears Media, joins HR Work Break to we discuss the Great Resignation; diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts; and so much more! [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 5:56 am
It makes this Kat to want to ululate with bewilderment. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 5:18 am
Kingsley Egbuonu's post on for the Afro-IP blog on the state of Nigeria's official IP office websites is the biggest and best so far: it also coincides with the arrival of that blog's long-awaited 600th email subscriber (congratulations to Afro Leo, say the little Kats). [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 7:11 am
Similarly, OHIM correctly held that the average consumer in Sweden, the Benelux, Germany, France, Italy and Austria would not assume that all vehicles, parts and accessories come from the same manufacturer simply on the basis of the combination of the three letters ‘gti’ and accordingly any likelihood of confusion was excluded".So far as this Kat can tell, there were no legal landmarks in this ruling; it looks as though it is just a routine, humdrum, tick-the-box… [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 5:34 am
To get the most from this text, however, this Kat would suggest that potential readers have a general awareness of the issues surrounding the propertisation of personal data before diving in, as the text occasionally assumes previous familiarity with certain developments and theories. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 9:33 am
What was in issue (among other things) was whether this crystalline form would be the inevitable result of following the instructions for making calcipotriol found in a previously published document, WO8700834.Sandoz's task seemed therefore to be straightforward (at least to this untrained Kat): simply follow the instructions in the document and show that calcipotriol monohydrate would result. [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 12:50 am
In order to facilitate access to a unitary patent, it should be made available to all applicants in the EU [and, the Kat believes, non-EU applicants too if they're from Paris Convention countries] on a non-discriminatory basis. [read post]
