How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb? By Marcel Pemsel at Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Art. 7(2) CDR Community designs designs General Court Lidl light bulb Marcel Pemsel +
Has green-and-orange combination acquired distinctiveness for agricultural machines? No, says the EUIPO By Söğüt Atilla-Aydın at Monday, March 24, 2025 acquired distinctiveness Article 7(3) EUTMR colour combination colour combination marks colour marks Söğüt Atilla-Aydın trade marks +
Excluding a technical feature is not inventive without evidence of a technical effect (T 1865/22) By Dr Rose Hughes at Friday, March 21, 2025 epo EPO Boards of Appeal G1/21 inventive step PatKat Rose Hughes +
Securing market protection for cell therapies: Patents versus regulatory exclusivity By Dr Rose Hughes at Thursday, March 20, 2025 cell therapy ip strategy PatKat pharma ip regulatory exclusivity Rose Hughes +
US Court of Appeal confirms human authorship requirement, including for AI By Eleonora Rosati at Thursday, March 20, 2025 A Recent Entrance to Paradise Artificial Intelligence authorship copyright Creativity Machine Eleonora Rosati originality Stephen Thaler USA +
Apple variety infringement ruling sees record-breaking amount of damages in China By Jocelyn Bosse at Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Apples China Jocelyn Bosse New Zealand plant varieties UPOV +
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! By Simone Lorenzi at Wednesday, March 19, 2025 #NeverTooLate IP patents Simone Lorenzi trade marks +
[Guest Post] Mending fences or moving goalposts? The fine line of patent amendments in Ensygnia v Shell By Simone Lorenzi at Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Adanna Onah counterfeits Guest post patents +
General Court: Conceptual identity in different languages insufficient for likelihood of confusion By Marcel Pemsel at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 conceptual similarity English General Court languages Marcel Pemsel May Tea Russian T‑1066/23 to T‑1069/23 trade marks +