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IPSoc Event Report: The ever-evolving law on the "communication to the public" right KatFriend Alex Woolgar reports on the IPSoc event where Kat Eleonora Rosati discussed recent developments in copyright law, specifically the right of communication to the public together with the related questions arising from the recent CJEU jurisprudence and the impact of Brexit on copyright law in the UK.

An EU text and data mining exception: will it deliver what the Digital Single Market Strategy promised? Kat Eleonora Rosati critically analyses how the new text of the DSM Strategy and its narrow data mining exception could affect start-ups and SMEs and compares the envisaged system with that already in force in the UK.

Nestlé loses yet another KitKat battle Roland Mallinson reports on the Court of Appeal decision Nestlé v Cadbury [2017] EWCA Civ 358. This latest development on the KitKat saga sees the Court of Appeal rejecting the evidence of acquired distinctiveness for the KitKat trademark, and our reporter draws comparison with the parallel action before the EU General Court.

Judge sounds alarm of weakened US patent system, while industry groups start amending Section 101 The AmeriKat talks about the alarmism surrounding the weaknesses of the US patent system through the words of Federal Circuit former Chief Judge Paul Michael, who discussed the immense uncertainty created by Supreme Court Patent eligibility decisions. 

BREAKING: Supreme Court limits US patentee's forum shopping capabilities Annsley Merelle Ward breaks the news on the judgement TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC (2017), where it was held that the provisions on the definition of residence of a defendant have to be interpreted narrowly, as place of residence refers to the State of incorporation.

Shinder, Shinder, Shinder … will you ever be like Tinder? On more romantic news, KatFriend Nedim Malovic tells the tale of Shinder, a dating app where the only available match is Shed Simove, the founder of the app himself, and Tinder, who needs no introduction. Is there a trademark infringement, can there be parody? And most importantly, will Mr. Simove find love?

US Supreme Court uses TC Heartland to blunt key troll tool, but will California welcome the next wave of troll litigation? AmeriKat kindly asked KatFriends  Mike Sacksteder and Athul Acharya from California-based firm Fenwick & West, to provide European readers with some background surrounding this week's TC Heartland decision reported above. 

Kat smelling interesting news

Is there copyright in the taste of a cheese? Sensory copyright finally makes its way to CJEU Cheese lovers! Kat Eleonora Rosati reports on the news that a Dutch District Court requested a reference to the CJEU on whether EU Law protects copyright on taste, cheese in this instance to be exact, and, if so, which requirements would have to be met. 

Big Data, products & processes: being a German patentee in the era of the Rezeptortyrosinkinase decisions “With the merging of data analysis and other technologies, such as gene sequencing and diagnostics, where does that leave litigants, especially in cases in which the information as such may have its own, potentially considerable, value?” KatFriend Jérôme Kommer from the Mannheim office of Quinn Emmanuel discusses the recent German Supreme Court cases addressing these questions.

Life as an IP Lawyer: Singapore The AmeriKat brings us for a day in the life of a IP Lawyer in Singapore: from a paperless office to frog leg porridge, discover what are the passions, habits and dreams of our Singaporean friend, Aarong Thng!

Appointed Person issues first appeal decision in a design case Martin Howe QC issued the first judgement under the new Appointed Person system, following the 2014 reform, on a case concerning a Union Jack garment design, which unsurprisingly was found to be invalid. Kat Eleonora Rosati reports.

The meaning of "red carpet" in two and three dimensions: from Ancient Greece to Cannes From epic stories of Agamemnon to first class trains to the shining lights of Hollywood, Kat Neil Wilkof tells the story on a fil rouge of how the red carpet concept came to be and what are the IP issues on the spotlight.

Judge Alsup driving forward Uber-Waymo trade secret dispute amongst "red flag" disclosure hearings Lastly, the AmeriKat reported on the latest developments on the Uber-Alphabet's Waymo dispute and Merpel also liked to share her thoughts on that.

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