Never too late! if you missed the IPKat last week!

With the Autumn term now in full swing, catch-up with IPKat courtesy of the 199th edition of Never Too Late! This week we have an update on one of IPKat's favorite topics, copyright and tattoos, as well as a timely discussion on the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on community IP rights. 

Feeling the Autumn chill

Brexit

With 6 months to go to the withdrawal date of the UK from the European Union, GuestKat Rosie Burbidge asks what a no deal Brexit would mean for community IP rights, and provides some practical advice for the concerned IP owner: What does a no deal Brexit mean for trade marks and designs?

Copyright

The IPKat has long been fascinated with the intricacies of copyright law as applied to tattoos. Merpel herself once considered getting a tattoo, but decided against the idea, in view of the various IP and cultural issues (IPKat post here). Kat Eleonora now provides an update on copyright and tattoos, in particular litigation in a scenario where the owner of the body (clearly a tangible medium) on which the tattoo is affixed is not also the owner of the copyright in the work (the tattoo): Copyright and tattoos: where are we now?

Linköping

GuestKat Nedim Malovic charts the progress of a copyright case in Sweden. In 2017 four men were sentenced by Linköping District Court to jail for their role in running and operating the torrent websites Dreamfilm, PirateHub, TFplay, and Tankafetast. The defendants unsuccessfully appealed the case to the Court of Appeal, on the grounds that since the content available on the platforms was already available on other platforms, it had not been made available to a new public. Two of the defendants have now appealed the case to the Swedish Supreme Court: Swedish Supreme Court to rule on damages relating to online copyright infringement

Trade marks

In 2015, IPKat reported on the CJEU ruling that the exclusive licencee of the DAVIDOFF HOT WATER registered EU trade mark for the Coty perfume, could request the personal details of a bank account’s owner after the bank account had been used for selling trade mark infringing products on eBay (IPKat post here). GuestKat Mirko Brüß now reports on the return of the HOT WATER trade mark to the CJEU, once again following a referral from the FCJ (case No I ZR 20/17). The FCJ seeks clarification as to whether it would overstretch the limits of liability to hold Amazon accountable for infringing goods that are stocked for Amazon Marketplace vendors without any knowledge of the infringing nature on Amazon’s side: CJEU back in ‘Hot Water’ – when are infringing goods being ‘offered’?

Kitten perfume

Kat Neil Wilkof considers the issue of generic names and trade marks, by way of a brief history of Polish breads. Do you know your bialy from your cebularz? A bagel is a bagel is a bagel, and a pita is a pita is a pita: but is a bialy a cebularz? 

Author: Rose Hughes

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