Still excited after flying from Milan to London just to
attend the 10th Anniversary Conference of
the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice [#jiplp10 was the relevant hashtag, and our beloved Jeremy live-blogged the event here], our dear friend and
colleague Alberto Bellan is nonetheless back with his
74th edition of his invariably helpful Never Too Late feature, summarising the
content of last week's Katposts.
Wondering if you missed anything?
This is what happened last week:
Katfriend
and occasional contributor Dorothea Thompson reports on BSI
Enterprises Ltd & Another v Blue Mountain Music Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1151, a 18 November ruling
of the Court of Appeal, England and Wales, applying the principles of
contractual interpretation in the context of a fairly complex music copyright
assignments involving some the much-missed king of reggae's songs.
Katfriends Ray Black and Mary Guinness (Mishcon de Reya)
analyse the Italian decision in the case that originated that wonderful Court
of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) ruling in Case C-355/12 Nintendo
v PC Box [noted here and here].
From Katfriend Nuno Sousa e Silva who
teaches at the Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto
(Portugal), comes an analysis of an issue that is not only sensitive within
Europe in general but may divide the Portuguese from the Scots: the interaction
of Europe's laws on the protection of geographical indications with those which
allow for the registration of trade marks.
As blogmeister Jeremy reported earlier this month, Mr Justice
Arnold granted an injunction against Sandoz which was about to launch a
full-label product, notwithstanding that he had considered the patent invalid
in the decision now known as Warner-Lambert V [see
posts here, here and here] because
he had given permission to appeal and so there was a possibility that the Court
of Appeal would find the patent valid. Darren reports.
YouTube to
litigate copyright infringement/fair use actions on behalf of users harassed
by subject to inappropriate DMCA takedown requests? This is apparently
what is going to happen soon, as IP enthusiast Nedim
Malovic (Stockholm University) explains.
In case you were
wondering what to do with your precious leisure time over the end-of-year
period when things get a bit quiet, Jeremy has some recent intellectual
property publications that might take your fancy, the latter being US
Patent Law for European Patent Professionals, by Audrey Nemeth; IP
and Other Things: a Collection of Essays and Speeches, by Katfriend and
judge-turned-academic Sir Robin Jacob; Owning the World of Ideas:
Intellectual Property and Global Network Capitalism, by Matthew David and
Debora Halbert; and MindWealth, by William A. Jones.
Jani analyses Stretchline
Intellectual Properties Ltd v H&M Hennes & Mauritz UK Ltd [2015] EWHC 3298 (Pat), a
decision that dealt with a UK patent concerning the
tubular fabric in underwired garments such as brassieres.
Jeremy says "goodbye"…
L
…and we say "thank
you!"
Nikos,
a.k.a. the GreeKat (good one!), pens this post about the well-known and
much-debated issue of the product plain packaging [on which see
earlier Katposts here, here, here, and here].
A few days
ago the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down its decision
in Rovi Guides Inc v Virgin Media Ltd
& Others [2015] EWCA Civ 1214. As
Annsley explains in this post, that litigation started back in 2012 and focuses
on an exciting Rovi's patent - European Patent (UK) No 0, 862,833 - which
relates to interactive video communications and viewer-controlled selection of
programming information.
Starting from Jeremy's
words at the 10th anniversary JIPLP program, Neil reflects on the
state of IP in the universities. There are good reasons for concern, he says.
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PREVIOUSLY, ON NEVER TOO LATE
Never Too Late 73 [week ending on Sunday 22 November] – Xmas
present from Benelux PTO | Eponia never ending troubles | Prof Dr
Siegfried Broß v EPO | Protection of formats in the Netherlands | Eponia
never ending proceedings | UK intensifies its Cracking Ideas programme | Anne
Frank's Diary copyright | Transport for London and IP | CJEU in SBS Belgium v SABAM Case
C-325/14 | COFIX, coffee and brand success | UK-China Intellectual
Property Symposium | Registering iconic artwork as trade mark in Norway |
Digital files and "property" in New Zealand | IP of Risotto
allo Zafferano.
Never Too Late 72 [week
ending on Sunday 15 November] – Merck Sharp & Dohme
v Ono Pharmaceutical | Warner-Lambert Co LLC v Sandoz GmbH,
Sandoz Ltd and Lloyds Pharmcacy Ltd | Economics of internet trolls |
UK IPO scammer scammed | Video conferencing at the EPO | Warner-Lambert
v Pfizer in France | African Ministerial Conference in IP | Green
claims and branding | CJEU in Case C‑572/13, Hewlett-Packard
Belgium SPRL v Reprobel SCRL | World IP Report | New reference on
blocking injuctions reaches the CJEU | Helme & Others v Maher &
Another | European fruit and vegetables threatened by patent.
Never Too Late 71 [week
ending on Sunday 8 November] – Article 112a EPC 2000 in
EPO BoA R 0016/13 and R0002/15 | US Court on copyright over a 3-word phrase |
EPO pauses poisonous-priority proceedings | Spain and right to be forgotten |
Scotland NTS and IP | The Tartan Army Limited v Sett Gmbh, Oliver
Reifler, Iain Emerson and Alba Football Fans Limited | New EU
copyright exclusive! | EPO BoA plays better in 10 men | Maps and databases in
C-490/14 Verlag Esterbauer | Yoga and copyright | Reid Hoffman
and networks | The Lyrica patent dispute | TPP backlash.
Never Too Late 70 [week ending
on Sunday 1 November] – Case
T-309/13 Enosi Mastichoparagogon Chiou v OHIM, Gaba International
Holding GmbH | Sixteen millions IPKats | Tomaydo-Tomahhdo LLC
v George Vozray et al | Lookalike packaging | Parasite copying | 3D
printing | Labouring the point? EPO dispute culture festers.
Never too late: if you missed the IPKat last week
Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati
on
Monday, November 30, 2015
Rating:
Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati
on
Monday, November 30, 2015
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