Blow up: Claim against BBC ends in civil restraint order By Oliver Fairhurst at Thursday, February 13, 2025 copyright harassment IP litigants in person Jukic v BBC Oliver Fairhurst Thompsell J TV formats UK +
[Guest Post] CJEU weighs in on supplementary protection certificates in Merck v Teva/Clonmel decision By Jocelyn Bosse at Thursday, February 13, 2025 CJEU Finland invention Ireland Jocelyn Bosse pharmaceuticals SPCs Teva test +
[Guest post] Copyright in fictional universes By Eleonora Rosati at Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Cofemel copyright fictional characters fictional universes Guest post Harry Houlden Shazam UK copyright +
EBA's preliminary opinion in G1/24: "the description and the figures can be referred to in the course of claim interpretation" By Dr Rose Hughes at Wednesday, February 12, 2025 adaptation of description Article 84 EPC Boards of Appeal claim interpretation description amendments Enlarged Board of Appeal epo EPO president G1/24 patents PatKat Rose Hughes +
GTI v GTA: Too short to be confusingly similar? Not according to the German Patent Court By Marcel Pemsel at Tuesday, February 11, 2025 descriptive elements German Patent Court GTA GTI likelihood of confusion Marcel Pemsel trade marks +
Sony still can’t get no relief in claim over Jimi Hendrix Experience recordings By Oliver Fairhurst at Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Arnold LJ copyright music Noel Redding Estate v Sony Music Oliver Fairhurst performers' rights UK +
The IPKat Team: Arrivals, farewell, and news By Merpel McKitten at Tuesday, February 11, 2025 arrivals farewells InternKats IP News IPKat team Merpel team news +
[Guest Post] In too deep? Considering the legal risks when using DeepSeek By Dr Rose Hughes at Tuesday, February 11, 2025 AI Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT DeepSeek Guest post large language models LLM machine learning PatKat Rose Hughes +
AG Biondi: extending patent rights through trade marks is not bad faith per se (but the “line is blurry”) By Anastasiia Kyrylenko at Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Anastasiia Kyrylenko Art. 7(1)(e)(ii) EUTMR bad faith C-17/24 trade marks +
[Guest post] Retromark Volume XV: the last six months in trade marks By Eleonora Rosati at Monday, February 10, 2025 Darren Meale Guest post retromark trade marks +
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! By Asude Sena Moya at Monday, February 10, 2025 #NeverTooLate ai patents Artificial Intelligence Asude Sena Moya copyright events IPR enforcement likelihood of confusion patents plant varieties Second medical use trade marks +