The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

OxFirst’s FRAND Royalty Rate Determination - Tuesday 25 April The webinar will consider the topic related to how to determine FRAND royalty rates in relation to Standard Essential Patents. More about the speakers and the event here.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2023

Image via Pexels Trade marks Marcel Pemsel discussed the decision of the German Patent Court in relation to a trade mark parody (30 W (pat) 15/19). The IPKat Team Merpel informed the IPKat readers about the recent changes and news related to the team of the IPKat.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 19, 2023

Here’s the latest weekly summary of the different topics analysed by the Kats in last week’s posts. Slogan automatically protected as a trade mark? 37697 of the Italian Supreme Court in relation to the slogan “LA TUA PELLE MERITA DI ESSERE TRATTATA BENE” (“Your skin deserves to be treated well”).

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IIPRD

APRIL 2, 2024

INTRODUCTION The World Trade Organization (WTO) since its establishment has ratified more than 300 regional and bilateral Free-Trade Agreements (FTA). [i] i] Recently, the trend of increasing prevalence of TRIPS-Plus provisions within these trade agreements introduces stricter intellectual property (IP) regimes.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Events Cambridge Information & Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM) CIIPM will hold an event on 15 December 2021 (from 2:00pm to 5:30pm GMT) on the topic of 'Disruption and the Innovation Lifecycle'. More topics and further details about the award and the process of submission can be found here.

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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.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The author reviewed several cases where compulsory licenses were granted by Indian authorities, including those in the field of pharmaceuticals [see also an earlier post on this topic on The IPKat ]. Trade marks IPTango reported on recent developments with registration of collective trade marks in Peru.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 27, 2023

The post Workflow of the Future: Sustainable Business Models Webcast appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Though we cannot see you in person, we did not want to miss the opportunity to connect with you on the latest legal topics affecting Korean companies. The virtual event series will explore global mergers and acquisitions, US trade policy, EU and US antitrust developments and IP-related topics.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Further analysis on the topics of authorship of computer-generated works, text and data mining exception, and inventorship in case of inventions created by AIs was published on the Kluwer Copyright Blog. The SpicyIP blog published a brief analysis of the situation and explained why the topic of cultural appropriation matters even more today.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The multi-day IPWatchdog program includes an impressive roster of speakers and topics. Monday and Tuesday will cover a host of IP related topics ( agenda ), including patent monetization, the PTAB, litigating in Texas, Patent Monetization, Trade Secrets at the ITC, SEPs, as well as Trademark & Copyright topics.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Trade Marks GuestKat Nedim Malovic reported and commented on a couple of EU trade mark decisions:- · The first is the decision (Case T-251/21 Tigercat Inc v EUIPO) of the EU General Court on the appeal in relation to the opposition against “Tigercat” filed by Caterpillar Inc. Here we go!

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Images generated using text-to-image technology, including DALL-E 2 , Midjourney , and Stable Diffussion , have become a main topic in AI. Let us briefly examine how these systems work and then consider how intellectual property law relates to them. 2021/41/N/HS5/02726.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

This includes the protection and enforcement of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, privacy, and related subject matter. Membership includes companies, law firms, government personnel, and others who focus on related areas of law. International Trade Commission practice.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By decision of 9 October 2023, the Board of Appeal (BoA) of EUIPO annulled the initial refusal to register a position trade mark for footwear. Background On 12 April 2022 Paredes Holding Center SL (the Applicant) filed an application for the EU registration of the position trade mark no. 7 (1)(b) of the EUTMR. 7 (1)(b) of the EUTMR.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2021

This Kat is looking out for IP events As the weekend draws to a close, there's no better time to look ahead to new IP-related events and opportunities.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 14, 2021

Trade marks GuestKat Nedim Malovic considered the meaning of bad faith pursuant to Article 59(1)(b) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation, following the EU General Court's decision in Riviera-Airport v EUIPO. This Kat isn't quite sure how she got here Cometh the hour, cometh the roundup of last week on the IPKat.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

Intellectual Property Attorneys … vs The Controller General Of … on 22 December, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The IPAA (Intellectual Property Attorneys Association) filed a writ petition against two public notices issued by the Registrar of Trade Marks in September 2023. Bhairappa and directed Priyadarshini Prachurunalu to pay 5.05

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IPilogue

APRIL 7, 2022

My placement was on the International Copyright Team, under the International Trade Branch in the Cultural Affairs sector. I had plenty of opportunities to work closely with my colleagues at the department and received lots of support as I went through various research and writing tasks related to different policies.

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The IPKat

MARCH 9, 2023

A Kat in an hotel room Trade marks Giorgio Luceri examined the judgments in T-568/21 and T-569/21 issued by the General Court, on 1 February 2023, relating to two trade mark oppositions filed by Google against the trade mark applications for the signs "GOOGLE CAR" and "GC GOOGLE CAR".

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The American Intellectual Property Law Association recently completed its Trade Secrets Summit in Miami, Florida. The topics for the conference included: A legislative update. Best practices for identifying trade secrets in litigation. Developments in trade secret trials and changing trends.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva recently hosted (on February 7, 2023) an international conference on the topic “ Intellectual Property & Sustainability ”. Calboli addressed the right of exhaustion of trade marks in the circular economy especially in the resale sectors.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The General Court has recently confirmed with decision T-253/22 the refusal of the application for trade mark registration of the verbal sign “ Sustainability through Quality ”. Trade marks serve to identify the origin of products and services and may also serve to communicate to the public a “green” message.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Like previous years, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. We received several excellent submissions across a various range of topic areas. And encouraged participants to draw inspiration from Shamnad’s scholarship.

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2024

Kat news Eleonora Rosati commented in a Politico article on the refusal of the trade mark application for the figurative sign by the EUIPO (no. Events 18-19 April 2024: AIPPI Trilateral Seminar The Polish, German and French Groups of AIPPI organise the traditional joint seminar on IP related issues.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

First up was the now-traditional EU and US Case Law Update presented by Jan Bernd Nordemann ( Nordemann ) and Vanessa Bailey ( Head of Patent Policy, Amazon ) that took the early morning attendees on a roller coaster ride of recent American and European trade mark, design, copyright and patent case-law. a of the Design Directive.

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The IPKat

MAY 1, 2022

23-24 May 2022 | WIPO – “ Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation 2022 ” The WIPO Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation will be held on May 23 and 24. The conference will provide attendees with insights on the latest market developments, as well as case law and regulators on this topic.

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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. Registration is open and more details can be found here. The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Since then such issues have been covered on SpicyIP e.g. Natco’s Albupax , the manner in which Bedaquiline was approved by the DCGI , manufacturing issues related to oxytocin. Accessing information related to government agencies and departments is not easy and such opacity feeds into the failures of the regulatory system in general.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the second installment of the 2023 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys will review the noteworthy legislation, cases, and legal developments from across the nation over the last year in the areas of trade secrets and data theft, non-competes and other restrictive covenants, and computer fraud. Mountain 10:00 a.m.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Conferences, Seminars and other Events UCL – Question to Trade Mark Judges The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation La (IBIL) and MARQUES , the European Association of Trade Mark Owners, will host the event “ Question to the Trade Mark Judges ” on the 7th March 2023. More information on the event here. More information here.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 3, 2023

He primarily focuses on trade marks as part of his current position but has been involved in matters spanning across a range of soft-IP rights (particularly, copyright and design right disputes) in previous roles, whilst in private practice. Alessandro works as in-house legal counsel in the global IP team of Warner Bros.

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

JPTOS is one of the oldest intellectual property journals in the United States and for over a century, we have been at the very forefront of the intellectual property debate and we will stay there ONLY with your contributions.

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The IPKat

MAY 8, 2022

Kat friend Sarah Neil brings the following cautionary tale when the Registry gets over its trade mark skis on the issue of bad faith. The issue of bad faith is rarely raised before the UK IPO in trade mark matters. 3587268 and No. 3587268 and No.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) publishes a list of ‘notorious markets’ that facilitate online piracy and related intellectual property crimes. According to Ambassador Katherine Tai, the annual overview will help companies and countries to take proper action, where needed.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the final installment of our 2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our team will focus on new legislation and the enforcement of non-competes. Mountain 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Proposed restrictive covenant and non-compete legislation in various states.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

TRADE MARKS The so-called "metaverse" and "non-fungible tokens" (NFTs) have generated hype among technology enthusiasts over the past two years. In addition, potential and tangible intersections between intellectual property and these trending topics were recently discussed by The Trademark Lawyer Magazine.

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