Community registered designs <span class="amp">&</span> the CJEU - Nintendo v Big Ben from ipkitten.blogspot.com Other games are available (but few are as fun as Mario Kart)
The CJEU has recently given a preliminary ruling (following a reference from a German court - the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf) on questions of jurisdiction and ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
In memoriam Maurice Bluestein: "Baby--it's cold outside"; the story and nomenclature of the Wind Chill Index from ipkitten.blogspot.com This post is intended for anyone who has ever been where the temperature can get below 50° F and the wind speed is greater than 3 mph (which
is pretty much everyone at some time ...
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Is the German press publishers' right lawful? More details on the CJEU reference from ipkitten.blogspot.com As reported by this blog a few months ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been required to address issues of lawfulness - notably enforceability - of the German neighbouring right for press ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
WIPO General Assembly Opens; Delegates In Starting Block To Discuss Budget, Normative Work from www.ip-watch.org The annual World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly opened today for 10 days during which delegates have to agree on budget, and on several decisions which might lead to more normative activities on the part ...
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Interview With New Korean IP Commissioner Sung Yunmo from www.ip-watch.org Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Commissioner Sung Yunmo took office a couple of months ago and is attending the annual World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly this week. In that context, he sat down with ...
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Perception of patents <span class="amp">&</span> other IP rights is being taken more seriously from ipcloseup.com Do IP users – both businesses and individuals – view rights like patents and copyrights as potential assets that benefit commerce and society? Or, do they see them as nuisances to be ignored and, in some cases ...
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Application Preference Configuration Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss because the asserted claims of plaintiff’s application configuration patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the claims were directed toward an abstract idea. "The [patent-in-suit] is ...
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Denied Certiorari on Section 101. from patentlyo.com In its first action for the October 2017 term, the Supreme Court has (inter alia) denied Certiorari in three pending Patent Cases: 16-1288 SYNOPSYS, INC. V. MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 16-1442 ARUNACHALAM V. SAP AMERICA, INC ...
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CopyCamp Conference Discusses Fallacies Of EU Copyright Reform Amid Ideas For Copy Change from www.ip-watch.org Bugs in the European Union copyright reform were discussed during the 6th edition of the annual Warsaw CopyCamp held last week. Liability of platforms and special intellectual property rights on snippets were the poster child ...
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