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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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Here they are in case you missed them: TRADE MARKS Katfriend Marijus Dingilevskis posted on a recent decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, which states that even if a trade mark has been registered in the international register for 40 years, this is no guarantee that a subsequent national designation will be also registered.

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

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The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design. The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information. This Kat will certainly be recommending this book to her PGCert and IP Pro Bono students!

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. The case serves as the springboard for a discussion on whether owning both rights may put the rightsholder at risk. The authors look at the issue from the perspective of US and EU approaches to database protection.