If
the first hot and sunny days of the year have distracted you from the
IP news, no problem! The 148th edition of Never Too Late
is here to (re)freshen you up.
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| Typical late spring Kat waiting to catch...some sun |
Book
Review: Russell-Clarke and Howe on Industrial Designs The 9th
edition of the go-to practitioner's text for design law in the UK is
out. Extensively updated, it is the definitive guide to the
protection of industrial designs in the UK.
Scope
of review by the General Court of decisions by the EUIPO Board of
Appeal: the last act in LAGUIOLE Former Guest Kat Valentina
Torelli talks about the guidelines set in the LAGUIOLE case, where the
Court confirmed that the GC must apply rules of national law where
Article 8(4) EUTMR is invoked in proceedings before the EUIPO.
Dining
out on trade marks - ZUMA - the own name defence for pets and
groundless threats The case Azumi
Ltd v Zuma's Choice Pet Products Ltd
[2017] EWHC 609, saw the trade mark dispute between a premium dog
food company and a high-end Japanese restaurant in London. A fight
to the bone!
The
popular China copyright monitoring website 101 On April 19, the
Copyright Society of China announced the official online Copyright
Monitoring Center. Kat Tian Lu discussed the highlights of the
service and the emergence in China for the need of “pay for
copyright”.
Where
are the women? Supreme Court hosts London launch of ChIPs with call
to action to advance women in tech, law and policy The AmeriKat
discusses the ChIPs meeting in London, a full-house event held by the
non-partisan, non-profit organisation, where the ups and downs of women
in tech, law and policy were analysed.
Br*x*t
and brands – out of the EU in 680 days What will happen to IP
rights in a post-Brexit world? Former Guest Kat Darren Meale discerns
the question in all of the IP facets, also reassuring the IP world
that together any change can be solved.
In
memoriam: Adolph Kiefer, Olympic gold medalist, innovator and
inventor extraordinaire Adolph Kiefer, a world record holder and Olympic champion
literally swam in talent, as he was not only an aquatics sport
prodigy, but also an innovator, as in the 60's and 70's he filed several utility and
design patents. The IPKat celebrates his polyhedral talents.
Digital
copies, exhaustion, and blockchains: lack of legal clarity to be
offset by technological advancement and evolving consumption
patterns? Kat Eleonora Rosati talks about this particularly
complex issue, by discussing the relevant case -law and by giving the
latest updates, notably about the first 'disintegrating e-book'. Stay
tuned.
German
TV show allowed to call right wing politician 'Nazi sl*t', Hamburg
court rules This interesting case deals with the concept of
satire, where the court seised deemed that the use of the terms was an
hyperbole and not an implication of support of the ideology.
Katfriend Mirko Brüß reports.
Latest
leak reveals that review of EU IP enforcement framework is currently
in a deadlock The enforcement framework of the Digital Single
Market Strategy seems to not have progressed in the past two years,
according to a leaked Commission internal note. Will the enforcement
framework be changed? To be continued...
Weekly
Roundups: Sunday
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