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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

It is time for this week's roundup, catching you up on the latest IP news, case law developments, and insights published across the blog. Facing down the towering mountain of this week's IP reading.

Different standards for coloured figurative marks and abstract colour marks?

AI in the patent industry: The sneaky practice of prompt injection (and what to do about it)

[Guest post] 3D-printed spare parts: IP and sustainability

Friday Fantasies

Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat is getting a refresh!

Colour me orange: German Supreme Court sets high bar for acquired distinctiveness of abstract colour marks

[Book review] The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Upcycling

Reflections on LSPN Europe 2026

More colours, same problem: Olymp loses EU trade mark appeals

Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

Lack of clarity by the backdoor: An ambiguity "may simply result in a broader interpretation" (T 0977/25)

Katcall Reminder

[Guest post] One hundred attempts through the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Purgatory

You can’t have your cake and eat it too: Nintendo Switch edition