Thursday Thingies

The IPKat's usual summary of events and other IP-related news!

Events

Tomorrow, 25 May, OxFirst will be running the Intellectual Property Wealth Generation Taster Session in connection with the IP Wealth Generation Course, a two-day course that OxFirst will be running iat Oxford. See here for registration to the Taster Session and here for more information on the Course.

The World Intellectual Property Organisation will organise two Roving Seminars in France: on 5 June in Bordeaux and 7 June in Marseille. The seminars are free of charge. For more information and registration, see here (please note that the events and the relevant documentation will be in French).

On 6 June, Herbert Smith Freehills will organise in its London offices  Markfest: An Evening of Trade Marks, which will focus on recent developments in trade mark law (enforcement and jurisdiction issues and a case-law roundup). For more information and registration, see here.

The City Law School, on 7 June, will organise  a seminar entitled The International Framework for the Protection of Authors: Bendable Boundaries and Immovable Obstacles. Professor Sam Ricketson will discuss his paper concerning the international framework within which authors’ rights in their works are protected and exploited. For more information on the event, see here.

On 8 June, UNION-IP will host the round table Designs Law on the Move, where recent developments in thedesign law will be analysed, commented on and discussed by a panel of international specialists. Topics will includeprior art in design Law - validity and infringement proceedings; strategies regarding multi­jurisdiction-litigation of design issues in the EU; from the EU to the US - strategies when first filing a European design;  and Brexit and designs,- impact and preparation in view of March 2019. For more information see here and for registration, here.

IIPLA will host its Global IP Summit 2018 Europe and Global Pharma IP Summit Europe on 14 and 15 June in London. For more information and registration, see here.

The IPKat already mentioned that on 19 June J A Kemp will host the event How to Protect and Exploit Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property. However, please be informed that the location for this event has been changed from Kastrup to Copenhagen (Clarion Hotel, Copenhagen Airport).

As the fashion industry has grown so has the need to understand the legal side of the business.  A one-day intensive Fashion Law Masterclass will take participants through the law of intellectual property in the fashion industry and how  it applies to the business of fashion.  It will also explore the essential legal issues faced by a fashion business as it grows from a start-up to luxury fashion phase. The Fashion Law Masterclass will take place on 22 June, see here for further information on enrolment.

EU Studies/Summer School/Articles

Kraków IP Law Summer School will be back for its 2018 edition. The Jagiellonian University invites graduate, postgraduate law students and young professionals to the 2018 Kraków Intellectual Property Law Summer School. The topic of the 2018 Summer School will be Manoeuvring between limitations, exceptions and infringements of IPRs. The programme will take place on September 17-22.​

The European Parliament has published a study on the Implementation of the Directive 2011/77/EU: copyright term of protection. IPKat’s own Nedim Malovic contributed to the study by writing the part related to Sweden.

For Kat readers looking for  English language resources  regarding Chinese intellectual property practice,  NiuYie China IP Blog is worth considering. It currently includes  nearly 900  articles; presumably this number will only increase.