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| Spring has sprung! |
Too busy getting excited about Spring
to keep up with IPKat this week? No problem, here is the 139th edition of Never
Too Late.
Mark updates us on the latest disputes of
the saga between Nestlé and Cadbury around the shape of the KitKat chocolate
bar.
Alan Johnson (Bristows) explains why,
despite everything that has happened, he is still optimistic that the UPC will
happen.
Kat friends Lau Kok Keng and Nicholas
Lauw, partners, and Jiamin Leow, associate, of Rajah & Tann, share their
thoughts on a recent trademark decision in Singapore regarding the thorny
matter of when parallel importation may not be allowed.
Politico Europe (PRO version) published
part of the text of the draft report that MEP Comodini Cachia is preparing on
the European Commission's copyright package - including the proposal for a
directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market.
Three recent trade secret matters
involving biosimilars, autonomous cars and marketing strategies.
Merpel gives her last update on the
happenings in the EPO.
The UK Intellectual Property Office has
opened a research bid into the effectiveness of the UK's IP enforcement
framework.
Neil ponders the meaning of “rip-offs”
in patents.
Annsley walks us through the dance of
the patent, looking at the a joint position paper from the European Federation
of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPI), the International
Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) and
European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises on
interchangeability.
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ON NEVER TOO LATE
Never
Too Late 138 [week
ending on Sunday 5 March] |Will the Arrow hit the Humira
target? Find out tomorrow! I BREAKING: High Court grants declaration that
products obvious/anticipated at claimed priority dates I "Kit Kat"
finger shape marks: this time in Singapore I TVCatchup 2 and the harmonising
vision of the CJEU I Corks popping following account of profits decision I Two
events in March I MIP International
Patent Forum 2017 I More Than Just a Game - 2017 edition I INTA comes to
Barcelona in May for its Annual Meeting (early bird registration, but not for
long) I Appeal practice in Spain: long is out, footnotes are in
Never Too Late 137 [week
ending on Sunday 26 February] |
Patents and the Silicon Valley of clothespins | Interested in EU copyright and
wish to discuss it in Florence? Here's the event for you | ARGOS - trade marks,
domains, and google advertising | Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal
orders block of The Pirate Bay and Swefilmer | The Enforcement Directive
permits punitive damages - or does it? | Trader keeps the [good] faith in a
spare part in trademark doublebill| Book Review: The Informal Economy in
Developing Nations - Hidden Edge of Innovation? | Copyright law in the UAE:
it's not what you might think | Monday Miscellany | Major changes to trademark
law in Turkey: read all about it |
Never Too Late 136 [week
ending on Sunday 19 February] |
Tartan Army scores own goal? | Book review: "Brandfather: John Murphy, The
Man Who Invented Branding" | IP Summit 2016 (Second Part) | Around the IP
Blogs! | Monday miscellany
Never Too Late 135 [week
ending on Sunday 12 February] Playing
Polo with potential defendants | KYLIE trade mark battle spinning around | When
the IP community reaches out to the broader public: the story of IDIA in India |
Too big to pay? Employee-inventor compensation in the Court of Appeal | Willow
Tea Rooms: A tale of tea and trade marks (Part 2) | BREAKING: AG Szpunar
advises CJEU to rule that The Pirate Bay makes acts of communication to the
public | No more counterfeiters! Chanel, Apple, Bayer, LVMH (and more) write to
President Juncker on revision to IP Enforcement Directive | Is German SEP
litigation set to increase with the "confidentiality club decision"
of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf? | Trying to find balance? Come to
UCL IBIL's copyright panel on Wednesday | After Sweden and Germany, GS Media
finds its application in the Czech Republic
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