Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

As the celebrations for the 20th birthday of the IPKat have come to an end, here is what you missed last week from the IPKat.

20 Years of the IPKat

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Eleonora Rosati reported on the first part of the IPKat’s 20th Birthday Conference. In this report, a link to the official photographs of the day was shared in addition to the welcome address by the host David Stone, Hayleigh Bosher and Eleonora Rosati who introduced the recent release of the edited collection. The post also reports on the remarks by Jeremy Phillips, the co-founder of the IPKat, and the keynote speech by Sir Richard Arnold. 

Anastasiia Kyrylenko covered the first panel of the conference, the one dedicated to the best and worst copyright and design cases of the past 20 years.

Anna Maria Stein reported on the second panel of the conference, the one focused on the best and worst trade mark and geographical indications (GIs) of the past 20 years.

Lastly, Henry Yang covered the last panel, the one that considered the best and worst patent cases of the past 20 years. 

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Trade marks

Anna Maria Stein considered the Italian Supreme Court decision on the protection of the Tic Tact box as a shape trade mark.

Marcel Pemsel commented on the fact that Art. 8(5) and Art. 9(2)(c) EUTMR provide that claims based on a trade mark with a reputation can be asserted irrespective of the similarity of the goods and services represented.

Image rights

Eleonora Rosati discussed the recent decision of the Florence Court of First Instance on the infringement of the image rights linked to a cultural heritage asset, namely Michelangelo’s David.