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As temperatures drop and the winter nights draw in, what better way to unwind than catching up on last week's IPKat?
Copyright
European Union law in the field of website blocking injunctions - especially against the third-party sale of devices and software meant to circumvent technological protection measures against copyright infringement - has evolved in recent years. PermaKat Eleonora Rosati gave an overview of this broad and flexible remedy.
Patents
GuestKat Léon Dijkman broke the news to Kat readers of the Düsseldorf court's announcement that it will be referring questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the latest development in the ongoing patent clash between Nokia and Daimler.
As the end of 2020 beckons, so too does the countdown to the end of the Brexit transition period. GuestKat Rose Hughes explained the implications of the UK's incorporation of the SPC Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 469/2009) into domestic law for UK SPC holders, with elements of both continuity and potentially critical change.
Reviewing 'Patent Management – Protecting Intellectual Property and Innovation', Kat friend Gustavo Schötz (Intellectual Property Center, Universidad Austral, Argentina, and Schötz & Viascán) recommended it as a business-focused roadmap to making best use of intangible assets.
Trade Marks
Kat friends Chia Ling Koh and Lyndon Choo described the jurisdiction-dependent role of a trade mark in the context of a passing off claim following a recent decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal, Tuitiongenius Pte Ltd v Toh Yew Keat and anor [2020] SGCA 103.
Other
The IPKat was happy to welcome former GuestKat Bertrand Sautier to summarise the European Commission's new IP Action Plan, who set out its key priority areas: fragmentation of IP protection at a European level (EP patents, SPCs and GIs), underutilisation of IP by SMEs, complexity and lack of transparency in licensing of SEPs, growing counterfeiting and piracy, and lack of fair play at global level.
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