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19 Feb 2009, 11:00 am
For English speakers, this generally means that you need to pick either French or German and hope that the document that turns out to be not in English is not too crucial (which, unfortunately for this Kat, it was last year). [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 4:59 am
The IPKat is delighted to learn that, of the 104 barristers who have been elevated to the status of Queen's Counsel, three are members of the intellectual property fraternity. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 1:59 am
Merpel, in contrast, is fascinated by the judge's disclaimer of the use of metaphor as a means of blocking off a possible ground of appeal and wonders whether it has any precedents.Other Kats may wish to comment on some of the other aspects of this case in due course, so keep an eye on this blog in case they do! [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 7:44 am
The Kat thinks we should be told.Bibliographic data: hardback, x + 186 pages. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 7:03 am
Thanks, Andrea Tosato, for letting the Kats know.Right: if you think that this spaghetti takes some untangling, try reading paragraph 84 of the AG's Opinion.While on the subject of that Opinion, here's a fun competition. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 7:21 am
[the Kat hopes that this conclusion was not the result of agonised thought ...]8. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 6:38 am
He's puzzled by the exception for digital recording - doesn't this emasculate the extension (or is there something about the way that recordings are usually made that the Kat doesn't know?) [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 6:50 am
The Kat reserves the right to make further comments once he's has a chance to read the reasoning ... [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 12:25 pm
Admittedly rather confused by the English translation of the Advocate General Mengozzi's recommendation in Case C-487/07 L'Oréal SA, Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie SNC, Laboratoire Garnier & Cie v Bellure NV, Malaika Investments Ltd, trading as "Honey pot cosmetic & Perfumery Sales"), Starion International, this German Kat has had a look at the German version of the… [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 1:10 pm
"This particular Kat, who has yet to pass all the required exams, is a little wary of expressing an opinion either way. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 10:07 am
This Kat personally has a rather uneasy feeling about publishing historic Nazi content which can be spread further - potentially without any annotations or comments. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 6:21 am
As usual, FREE events are marked in BLUE.One of the IPKat's readers, who has asked specifically not to be mentioned by name on account of his brilliant and creative personality, has drawn the Kat's attention to the availability online of the Patscan Bizarre Patent Calendars from 2004 to 2009. [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 9:56 pm
There are two further conditions: (i) no references must be made to cats or Kats and (ii) there are to be absolutely no arguments as to what constitutes a haiku. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 11:09 pm
The IPKat admits that this is not a straightforward case but bear with the Kat... the solution is close.Applying these principles to the current case, the Bundesgerichtshof decided that the claimant had not sufficiently rebutted that Vivaldi's opera 'Motezuma' had not been published previously. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 4:55 am
What are these innovative new business models the Kat would like to know.? [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 3:45 am
- the cases aren't as clear-cut simply valid or not, infringed or not".Many thanks, Peter, for taking the trouble to supply this.The Kat has received a new paper, "Intellectual Property Rights Protection in China: Trends in Litigation and Economic Damages", penned by economic consultancy NERA's Senior Consultant Kristina Sepetys and its Senior Vice President Dr Alan Cox. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 9:56 pm
Both Kats (and Tufty, once he has finished being admired and/or vilified by visitors to this weblog) hope that readers will take the trouble to look carefully at the Toolkit and make as many constructive suggestions as they can for the revised edition. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 9:39 am
The report goes on for 135 pages and that Kats haven't had a chance to read it yet, but the bottom line is as follows:8.1 For the reasons set out in this Report, the Panel concludes as follows:(a) the Copyright Law, specifically the first sentence of Article 4, is inconsistent with China's obligations under:(i) Article 5(1) of the Berne Convention (1971), as incorporated by Article 9.1of the TRIPs Agreement; and(ii) Article 41.1 of the TRIPs Agreement; [that's 1-0 to the… [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 9:24 am
The IP-Kat has a playful score card on the outcome.The USA will not likely be thrilled and possibly rather dismayed that the WTO panel ruled that "the United States has not established that the criminal thresholds are inconsistent with China's obligations under [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 6:09 am
The Kat also notes the suggest in the article that Lord Carter may call from a levy on internet access to be paid to the music industry. [read post]
