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5 Dec 2011, 11:31 am
Last Thursday, to the surprise of many, EU Parliament’s rapporteurs for the Legal Affairs Committee struck a political agreement with the Polish Presidency on the latest draft of the Draft Agreement (Kat post here). [read post]
5 Oct 2020, 2:00 am
In this post, the French Kat's friends Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier, Julie Pailhès, Luca Chevallier and Camille d'Angerville at Gide Loyrette Nouel in Paris report on the first half of this year's patent cases in France. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 7:22 am
”Over to guest Kat, Amy Crouch (Simmons & Simmons) who reports on the session:"The SPC panel was moderated by Oliver Jan Jüngst (Bird & Bird LLP, Düsseldorf) and first to take the stage was Marleen van den Horst (BarentsKrans, The Hague) who presented on SPC Reform in the EU. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 6:17 am
Kat artIn particular, the judge in the case noted the possibility that at least some of the works of graffiti art might ultimately qualify as works of “recognized stature” under US law. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 5:16 am
Kat friend Christopher Weber (Kather Augenstein) explains the case which is set to make litigating standard essential patents (SEP) in Germany a whole lot easier:"When a defendant invokes the FRAND objection, the SEP owner may be obliged to provide evidence that its license agreement is not discriminatory. [read post]
15 Sep 2024, 1:24 am
Robber Kat according to AI (source: canva.com)Starting with the role, the Austrian Supreme Court referred to the requirement that a fair balance is struck between copyright protection and third-party rights. [read post]
28 May 2020, 12:05 am
One of this Kat's favourite journalistic pieces of the last year was a foray, by Tad Friend for The New Yorker, into the world of vegetarian burgers [here]. [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 4:12 am
Among the many things that may be gleaned from the judgment of nearly 200 paragraphs (and remember, the copyright infringement and invalidity-via-bad-faith counterclaims are still to come), this Kat notes the following:* it could not be argued that the use of a picture of Betty Boop on the products is within section 11(2)(b) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 or Article 12(b) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 2:59 am
This Kat cannot tell whether the outcome would have changed if the judge had evidence that the position as stated by the solicitor was both correct as to the law now and at the relevant time, but the failure to adduce this evidence undermined the defendants' reliance on the US law point.Nick Rhodes, commenting on the judgment, said "We are shocked that English contract law is being used to overturn artists’ rights in another territory. [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 1:59 am
By contrast, gene editing technologies enable researchers to precisely change the genetic sequence by targeted mutation.Transgenic Kat (Wongsrikeao et al.)Non-human genetically modified organisms (transgenic or mutated) may be patented under the European Patent Convention, in contrast to organisms produced by "essentially biological processes" such as natural breeding methods (IPKat post here). [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 11:30 pm
A recent decision of the Cancellation Division considered the absolute grounds for resual of a 3D shape mark, which offered this Kat the opportunity to post a cat in a Ghostbusters costume! [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 11:27 am
This book review was prepared by this Kat and Vicente Zafrilla Díaz-Marta, Scientific Coordinator for Innovation and IP Projects at the University of Alicante.In 1881, the later-to-be Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, wrote in “The Common Law” as follows:“The life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience. [read post]
26 Aug 2019, 10:33 am
Less recognized, shortly after his death in 1885, Grant’s Memoirs were published by Mark Twain to great acclaim and commercial success.It is as authors that led this Kat to ask: what we can learn from them about how books were being commercialized in the 19th century? [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 9:11 am
In this Kat’s opinion, this is due to the fact that the referring court left open whether the signs and the goods are identical or only similar. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 10:09 am
For those who were unable to make it to Bishop's Square, some Kat friends who had less distance to travel - in the form of Elettra Bietti and Taly Dvorkis (both of A&O) - report on the event:"In light of the recent UK referendum vote to leave the EU and the potential impact on the Unified Patent Court, there is perhaps a potential increase in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the standard essential patents context. [read post]
23 May 2022, 5:13 am
In the face of a clear disagreement within the Boards of Appeal, and the obvious discontent from many EPO users, this Kat continues to be bemused as to why the EPO remains so wedded to the onerous description amendment requirements introduced in the 2021 Guidelines. [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 4:35 am
Thank goodness: no unbearable sacrifices requiredAlthough this Kat will now read the judgment more carefully, she is under the (first) impression that this decision may have serious implications for ISPs. [read post]
24 May 2016, 10:20 am
Given all the excitement, the AmeriKat has been in continual correspondence with Kat friend James Pooley. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 3:45 pm
Definitely not a generic ...The prefix "Glen-" means only one thing to this Kat: a decent single malt whisky. [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 5:50 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]
