ERA IP-focused events and courses return with 25% discount for IPKat readers
The IPKat
APRIL 22, 2024
Trier, Germany The Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in beautiful Trier (Germany) are always busy organizing and running IP courses.
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WIPO publishes Guide to Patent Case Management for Judges
The IPKat
APRIL 24, 2023
Vision for the IP judiciary In addition to the full guide, available in PDF and in HTML, readers are able to create their own custom guide for any combination of jurisdictions and topics covered in the Guide, by clicking on the “Build custom guide” tab in the top banner or at this link. International comity in patent cases.
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[Video] Webinar | A Deeper Dive Into the EU Unified Patent Court
JD Supra Law
MARCH 1, 2023
How does the EU's new Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent system compare with the existing patent protection system in Europe, especially in Germany, where the greatest number of patents are enforced? Topics will include: - What litigation in the UPC will be like - How the UPC will compare to German courts - How UPC nullity.
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Sunday Surprises
The IPKat
APRIL 14, 2024
The program includes life sciences and artificial intelligence, Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigation, EU Data Act requirements, IP management topics across diverse fields and countries, and a gala dinner. The program will take place from 1 to 19 July 2024 in Hamburg, Germany. Further details are here. 5 th IP Case Law Conference.
Wednesday whimsies
The IPKat
JANUARY 31, 2024
The event will explore national transpositions and available case-law in Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria. The events will cover topics such as SEPs, crypto and blockchain disputes, among others. Registration is open here. The New York edition will take place on February 21, and the Washington edition is planned for February 23.
WEBINAR: How to Make the Best Out of Your Employees Inventions – Applicable Rules and Best Practices for Global Companies
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
EST for a timely webinar on the key differences between countries – including France, Germany, the US and Japan – and how to work across business units and boundaries to avoid the pitfalls that may arise from complex local rules. . – 12:30 p.m.
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Major Record Labels Sue Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider
TorrentFreak
JANUARY 14, 2022
While the RIAA’s effort to take down youtube-dl from GitHub grabbed all the headlines, moves had already been underway weeks before that in Germany. In emailed correspondence today Uberspace informed TorrentFreak that, following the cease-and-desist in October 2020, three major music labels are now suing the company in Germany.
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After ACE Shuts Down Streamzz, Pirates Demand Refunds But Get Zebras Instead
TorrentFreak
MARCH 16, 2023
ACE says that a third of the site’s seven million monthly visits can be attributed to users in Germany, where Streamzz itself was based. Germany is also the home of ACE member Constantin Film, a film production and distribution company that worked with the coalition to take Streamzz down.
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ERA’s Autumn events coming up with special IPKat readers’ 25% discount
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier, Germany are always busy organizing new conferences and events. Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence On 27-29 October 2021, it will then be the time of another online conference devoted to the topic of Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence.
EU law: Generative AI, copyright infringements and liability – My guess for a hot topic in 2024
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
It does seem like the topic of AI and copyright was everywhere in the copyright world last year. While some digital topics have been known to cause a great commotion in copyright circles only to later sink practically without a trace, unless I am mistaken, the issue of the copyright implications of AI is different.
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!
The IPKat
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Wilkof discussed patent trolling and the long debate about it and whenever this topic might still be relevant and deserving of attention. InternKat James Kwong has analysed the public consultation in detail and provides his comment. PATENTS Permakat Prof. SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher had sent us a review of the book " We the Robots?
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IP-focused ERA events return in the Fall, with two conferences carrying IPKat readers’ discount
The IPKat
AUGUST 27, 2023
Annual Conference on Trade Mark and Design Law in the EU 2023 The third event is the Annual Conference on Trade Mark and Design Law in the EU 2023 , which will take place in Trier on 30 November and 1 December 2023.
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Around the IP Blogs
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
In this series, the blog's authors offer answers to 21 topical copyright questions for the 21st century. It reviews the basic issues on the topic, then elaborates on the importance of performers’ rights for creative industries and the main debates and developments in the area. Last week’s post is dedicated to performers’ rights.
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Life Sciences Strategy Summit on IP & Exclusivity returns to Munich with special IPKat readers’ discount
The IPKat
JULY 31, 2023
Kat summit The IPKat is pleased to inform readers that this year’s Life Sciences Strategy Summit on IP & Exclusivity will be held on 9, 10, 11 October 2023 in Munich (Germany). The IPKat has also negotiated a special discount for readers. To save 10% please use VIP code IPKAT at checkout.
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No "German injunction gap" expedition in Abbott v Dexcom global diabetes battle, as Mr Justice Mellor expresses "some regret"
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
The injunction gap arises in Germany because infringement is decided before and separately to validity. Since 2017, Abbott has supplied these through the NHS and has secured a significant majority of the UK CGM market, as well as a significant number of users in Germany which is growing year on year. Here is what happened.
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Warm Welcome Back at London Book Fair
Velocity of Content
APRIL 8, 2022
“International stands have taken more prominent positions as well, from the United Arab Emirates to Indonesia, Lithuania and Germany.”. A topic of debate among book fair attendees was whether a blanket ban on all Russian publishing in the face of that country’s February invasion of neighboring Ukraine was appropriate.
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Book review: IP for Start-Ups
The IPKat
DECEMBER 14, 2022
This is a review of Intellectual Property Strategies for Start-ups: A Practical Guide , edited by Stefan Golkowsky, partner, PFENNING Patent Attorneys and Lawyers, Berlin, Germany. IP rights are a powerful instrument to reduce the risk of investment and this facilitates positive investment decisions.
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Forthcoming ERA IP events with IPKat readers’ special discount
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Trier The IPKat’s friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in beautiful Trier (Germany) are always busy preparing and delivering knowledge and training in the IP field, with also plenty of opportunities to network and exchange views with fellow IP aficionados.
Wednesday Whimsies
The IPKat
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Sir Robin Jacob will lead a host of renowned speakers covering a variety of topical issues. More details and a link to tickets will arrive in the New Year! More information about the event and how to register are available here.
Back to Life (Sciences) in Amsterdam. A conference report
The IPKat
MARCH 28, 2022
The conference lasted almost three days and with a large number of topics having been discussed. The IPKat reports on some of the trends and topics from the conference below. The original conference program (which was only slightly amended due to some covid-related absences).
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Around the IP Blogs
The IPKat
DECEMBER 5, 2021
Copyright This Kat put a lot of effort to find the perfect gift The Kluwer Copyright Blog published a compilation of analyses regarding the transposition of article 17 of the DSM Directive from Germany, Hungary, Italy and Sweden, as well as their respective issues, as presented as a part of a webinar organized by reCreating Europe project team.
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Book Review: Intellectual Property as a Complex Adaptive System
The IPKat
JUNE 21, 2022
Harper continues with the topic of IP as complex phenomena in Chapter 2. Augenstein analyses legal and regulatory framework, with a focus on Germany and recent developments such as Trade Secrets Directive and Unified Patent Court. Harper focuses on the evolution of IP structures due to their interaction with entrepreneurship.
Sky Targets Sky Go & Now TV Decryption Key Software as Piracy Wars Continue
TorrentFreak
JULY 27, 2023
That type of thing has been going on for some time, but over the space of a few days, direct URLs to watch Sky content in the UK, Italy, and Germany, were posted online and inevitably began to spread. It’s a fairly sensitive topic, to put it mildly. Both had obvious topic tags and were very easy to find from the beginning.
Sunday Surprises
The IPKat
JUNE 26, 2022
The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. Possible topics include but are not limited to: (i) Intellectual property, including live streaming, clones, reskinning, modding and/or fan participations, etc.; (ii)
Around the IP Blogs
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Most applications come from China, Germany, Italy, the United States, and France, respectively. Also on the topic, the Legal-Patent blog posted a comment on the Protocol on the provisional application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (PAP), which is currently in force, and the possibility of the UPC to materialise in 2022.
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New CCC Study Finds Executives Create Greatest Risk for Copyright Infringement
Velocity of Content
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Topics in the questionnaire covered the following areas: demographics, information-seeking behaviors, content access and consumption, sharing habits and behaviors, and copyright awareness. The final survey instrument required respondents to spend no more than 15 minutes to complete and contained approximately 20 screens of questions.
Sunday Surprises
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
The theme for this edition is ‘ Exploring IP Magic ‘ and the speakers will consider IP issues in the online world, the EU design reform and other topics as anti-counterfeiting, bad faith, brands and sports, non-agri GIs, works of applied arts and geographical names in trademarks. More details here.
The WIPO Files II: is international lawmaking on copyright still possible?
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MAY 25, 2022
The statements by Germany (speaking on behalf of Group B), the EU, as well as the Central Europe and Baltic States (CEBS) made it clear, however, that none of these countries were ready to greenlight the proposal, due to concerns that the work plan could provide a path to binding legal instruments. .” While the U.S.
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[Guest post] Conference report: ‘The Fashion Marketplace: Law and Policy’
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Topics ranged from the trends being seen in online fashion commerce post-pandemic, to counterfeiting issues and how to deal with them, through to the legal changes and updates coming up that will impact both marketplaces and the brands that use them. The panel also discussed the incoming Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its expected impact.
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“What’s in a name?”: Trademark Considerations for Rebranding a Business
IPilogue
DECEMBER 1, 2021
As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. In 2012, Reebok, following public criticism of its marketing campaign in Germany, abandoned its slogan : “Cheat on your girlfriend, not on your workout.”.
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IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in India
SpicyIP
JANUARY 20, 2024
Germany), Prof. English-speaking countries, particularly Germany] legal academics have been pondering the theoretical bases of intellectual property for more than a century, and scholars and research institutions have produced academic studies to rival, in complexity and rigor, those in the more mainstream disciplines.”
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High Court: YouTube-Ripping is Illegal. UK National Newspaper: Totally Legal
TorrentFreak
APRIL 23, 2023
Strangely, the value of ‘likes’ and ‘views’ is comprehensively understood when the topic of conversation isn’t centered on ripping music from YouTube. In Germany, a host is in a legal battle because it provided a link to a piece of YouTube-ripping software hosted elsewhere.
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Amendment of German patent law: small step or giant leap for proportionality?
The IPKat
JULY 30, 2021
For his parting post, he returns to Germany and patent injunctions. This Kat, however, remains unabatedly excited and believes the change is a harbinger of sensible changes to the automatic injunction regime, in Germany and beyond. Reportedly, several German patent judges immediately commented along similar lines [ here ].
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Even if your name is as famous as Ronaldinho, the UK IPO cannot raise ex officio bad faith objections
The IPKat
MAY 8, 2022
Commentary Bad faith has been a hot topic in the world of trade marks in recent years. Germany license. . • Section 47(4) of the Act allows the Registrar to apply for invalidity of a registration before a court on the ground of bad faith.
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[Guest post]: The proportionality test in European patent law
The IPKat
DECEMBER 11, 2023
In the summer of 2021, Germany amended its patent act to make permanent injunctions in patent disputes subject to a proportionality test [Katpost here ] , and in its wake other European jurisdictions are wondering whether they should do the same. Participation is free of charge.
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The Cologne Cathedral is not Neuschwanstein
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
The latter court recently confirmed that the trade mark ‘KÖLNER DOM’ (meaning ‘Cologne Cathedral’ and referring to probably the most famous cathedral in Germany) is non-distinctive for various goods and services (case I ZB 28/23 ). 302018111639 for the sign ‘KÖLNER DOM’.
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Robojournalism – A Copyright Study on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the European News Industry
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
We analysed 10 service providers: AX Semantics , Retresco , Textomatic from Germany; Syllabs and Labsense from France; United Robots from Sweden; Bakken & Baeck from Norway; Arria and RADAR from the United Kingdom; and Connexun from Italy. Media and communications perspective.
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Patent Case Management Goes Cross-Institutional and Global
Patently-O
MAY 23, 2022
SELECTED TOPICS. Judge (ret.) Kathleen O’Malley, who served as both a district judge and Federal Circuit judge, has also advised WIPO’s efforts. PATENT INFRINGEMENT. JUDICIAL PATENT PROCEEDINGS AND CASE MANAGEMENT. THREATS ACTIONS. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. ENFORCEMENT. APPELLATE REVIEW. BORDER MEASURES.
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[Conference report] Whither will bifurcation go? A critical discussion on Germany's bifurcated patent proceedings
The IPKat
OCTOBER 9, 2021
A topic of interest in the UK courts at the moment (see the various applications to expedite trials because of it here ). Part of the program was an analysis of Germany's bifurcated patent procedure and ways to better synchronize nullity and infringement proceedings. The AmeriKat enjoying the slower paced validity track.
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[Conference Report] Patents, truth, PCT and more at the UIC School of Law International IP Practice Seminar
The IPKat
JANUARY 9, 2022
The panel discussed topics from the perspective of China, Germany, Europe, Japan, and the U.S., Michael Zeitler (Kuhnen & Wacker). Strategies for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Filings The third session was moderated by Mr. Matthias Reischle-Park (WIPO). Maria Strong (U.S. Copyright Office), and Ms.
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[UPDATE] Calls to push back UPC sunrise period as 89% have not been able to obtain/authenticate security devices needed to access Case Management System
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The survey has been running for almost a week and garnered several comments and emails on the topic. That commenter also had difficulty in Germany, but Claus's experience above shows that it is possible. The authentication certificate has to be stored on a physical security device (smart card or USB stick).
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IP Rights, Access, and WHO’s Pandemic Accord
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
However, during discussions, these two topics have been the main points of disagreement.
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EU copyright law round up – third trimester of 2023
Kluwer Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Coming from Germany, it concerned whether broadcasting organisations are entitled to fair compensation stemming from private copying. The goal is to collect factual information and relant views toadvise Congress on national and international issues on the topic. You can read a commentary on the case here.
What has happened with Article 17 in the past year?
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 5, 2021
It certainly feels like the CDSM Directive has been the hottest topic in copyright law for quite some time now. Germany attempts to square the circle in its implementation of Article 17 CDSMD – Part 1 by Julia Reda and Joschka Selinger (Part 2 here ). Photo by Simon Harmer on Unsplash. by Paul Keller.
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